Crossover Dribble Coloring Page

This is the most technically drawn figure in the basketball set. A player is caught mid crossover, driving low with his knees bent, his body turned to shield the ball and his left arm bent across his chest to keep a defender off. The ball sits at his right hand, fingers spread over the top of it. What separates this sheet from the cartoon ones is the anatomy: the shoulders, the forearms and the calf muscles are all drawn with real structure, and the jersey and shorts fall in proper folds rather than as smooth blank shapes. Those folds are worth shading rather than filling flat, since a second tone pressed into each crease makes the fabric look like fabric. His shoes are drawn in detail down to the sole tread and the lace pattern. No court, no hoop and no opponent appear on the page. Older children and adults will get much more out of this one than a young child will.