STEP 3 Press the red magnet icon on the Infobar to enable Snap To Objects.

Now we'll draw a four-sided shape to connect the two ellipses to make the lamp shade.

Select the Pen Tool and click once at the left middle side of the top ellipse to add the first anchor point for a line. Now click on the left middle of the widest ellipse. This draws a straight line segment. Now click on the right middle side of the ellipse to add a new segment to the line, then the right middle side of the top ellipse and finally click on the starting anchor point to complete the shape.

As the cursor nears the original anchor point a + will appear indicating the shape will be closed. By default the shape will be filled. Click the hatched box (to the left of the screen) with the left mouse button to set the fill to none.

NOTE: Only closed paths, such as the four sided shape we just created, can be filled.