Ball in the Back of the Net Coloring Page

The ball has crossed the line and is sitting in the back of the net. This is the picture every striker holds in their head. The goal frame spans the full width of the page, the net behind it is a clean grid of squares, and grass runs along the bottom with the ball resting among it. Nets are white in almost every stadium in the world, so the best version of this page leaves the mesh untouched and spends its color elsewhere. The frame takes a light gray that keeps the posts distinct from the net. The grass takes two passes, a light green everywhere and a firmer one on alternating bands, which copies the mowing stripes on a real pitch. The ball is the only place strong color belongs, and the five sided panels are the only part of the ball that needs filling. All those small squares in the net tempt children into coloring every one. Let them try it once. The result teaches more about negative space than any instruction does, and the page still looks good. Suits ages six and up.