Hello theozh, I was trying to just drag and drop the shape onto the page. I now realize that I must do a sweeping movement with my mouse to give it some volume and fix it. Probably very obvious to everyone but who knows, maybe someone else will have the same problem! Thanks again for all your help!

Finally got it by myself! Thanks for all of your help.

Thanks for your quick replies. Here is my screen which may help (in French, but I'm sure you'll understand). Have tried changing colors and opacity but just can't get the little red circle to stay on the page! PS - have looked at all the tutorials and also have two guides - no help!!! /Users/Joanne/...

Hello, Very new to Inkscape and falling at the first hurdle! Trying to draw shapes - rectangles, ellipses etc. I click on icon on the left for the shape I want, which is then selected. I then click again and drag the shape onto the canvas. The shape appears on the paper but when I unclick the shape ...