Making the center oval

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The first thing to do is draw the center oval and give it various fills. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Choose File® New and use a canvas Size of 450x350 and white

2. Draw an oval 310X165 (adjust size in the Property inspector). Use these settings:

   • Stroke: None

   • Fill: Cone

   Click the Color fill box and add color boxes as shown in the following figure. From left to right, use these colors:

   • #568FC5

   • #65BACA

   • #B5BCE5

   • #C77273

   
   The gradient colors changed in the Gradient editor

3. Using the Pointer tool, select the oval and adjust the gradient handle to a color position you like. The following figure shows what I'm using.

   
   The position of the gradient

4. Choose Edit® Clone two times. Select the bottom image from the Layers panel and change its size to 322´167 in the Property inspector. Lower the opacity to 40%.

5. Press the up arrow once and the left arrow four times to center it to the smaller oval.

6. Select the top oval and choose Modify® Transform® Numeric Transform. Choose Scale, enter 80, and click OK.

7. Fill with a solid color of #B5BCE5, and change the stroke to None.

8. Change the Edge to Feather setting and use a value of 5.

9. Select the larger shape on the bottom. From the Effects menu, choose Bevel and Emboss|Inner Bevel, using these values:

   • Bevel Edge Shape: Smooth

   • Width: 20

   • Default for everything else

10. From the Effects menu, choose Shadow and Glow® Inner Shadow with these values:

    • Inner Shadow

    • Distance: 15

    • Softness: 10

    • Angle: 220

11. Add another Inner shadow with these values:

    • Inner Shadow

    • Distance: 15

    • Opacity: 50

    • Softness: 10

    • Angle: 44

    The following figure shows the results so far.

    
    The effects added to the oval

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