Thanks for the advice! I also gave her a body and added a background.

This is my first serious drawing in Inkscape, or any graphic design program, ever. I've spent a couple weeks doodling around, but this is my first serious drawing. I'd appreciate any constructive criticism you guys could give me on it.

I made a medium sized circle and pasted it to the clipboard. I then used the Bezier tool set to spiropath and the shape on from clipboard. However, when I drew my line, curving it with the bezier, it completely filled in the stroke. I've checked path effects, and there is no options there that have ...