Tambourine study

Practice tilted ellipses and simple overlaps with a hand tambourine. Build the wooden frame before placing the metal jingles, and leave the drumhead open.

A way into the drawing

1. Draw the tilted frame

   Draw a broad tilted oval and echo it with an inner rim.

2. Show the frame depth

   Add a lower curved edge and place a few widely separated jingle slots around the side.

3. Place the jingles

   Draw the overlapping oval jingles, leaving the drumhead bare and adding small shadows inside the slots.

A small thing to tryKeep the jingles aligned with the frame angle; their small overlaps are enough to suggest depth.