Player Shooting a Free Throw Coloring Page

This is the moment before the shot rather than the release itself. The player stands square with both feet planted inside the lane, knees soft, and holds a single basketball just above his head with a hand on each side of it. Because the ball sits clear of the head against blank paper, it is the first thing your eye lands on and the first thing worth coloring. The seams run across it in the usual curves and the rest of the shape is open. His kit is drawn plainly: a sleeveless jersey with piped trim at the neck and arms, knee length shorts with a side stripe, crew socks and lace up sneakers with flat soles. Below him the court is marked out with a free throw lane, the semicircle at its top and the lines running out to either side, all drawn thin so they stay quiet under the figure. Keep the floor to a pale wash and the kit strong if you want the pose to carry the page. The arms and legs are long unbroken shapes, which makes this an easy sheet to finish neatly.