The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 14
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We'll need only the ellipses shown here. You can delete the rest. And we'll create a new ellipse for the lamp base.

Enable Snap To Objects (the red magnet icon) and use the Pen Tool to draw a four-sided shape connecting the two ellipses for the lamp shade. Duplicate the top ellipse (Ctrl - K). Select the duplicate ellipse, the four sided shape and the middle ellipse and from Arrange, select Combine Shapes > Add Shapes to create a single outline.

Select the new ellipse for the lamp and the small center circle from the bottom group and Combine Shapes > Add Shapes. Finally select the smaller of the two large ellipses and move it upwards as shown above.

Using the earlier tutorial for reference, apply the fills as shown. There is only one part for the lamp base so use the circular fill that was used for the larger lamp shape in the beginner tutorial.

The lightest area of the Conical Fill is on the bottom center. The two colors used are dark red (RGB 102, 0, 0) and very dark red RGB 51, 0, 0,).

 

Draw an ellipse as shown. Duplicate the lamp shape. Bring the new ellipse to the front (Ctrl - F) Select the Duplicate lamp shape and the new ellipse and Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes.

Apply an Elliptical Fill to the new shape using a bright green (RGB 0, 204, 0) and white to create the reflection of the inside of the lamp shade.

 

NOTE: Combine Shapes (Arrange menu) are Path commands. Add Shapes creates a common outline of the selected shapes. Subtract Shapes subtracts the top shape from the bottom shape. Intersect Shapes creates a new shape where two objects overlap. Slice Shapes creates a separate shape where the top object overlaps the bottom object.

In the last three examples the top shape thoughtfully removes itself after performing the operation which is why it is necessary to create a duplicate shape. Any questions?