I love inkscape…I guess I need to do what TinWhisperer has done…
so here is a set of videos I first watched…it helped a lot.
how I would attack this create the black oval first to the size you want…then make it path.
next make a white oval the size you want and then use align function to center it or do it by eye…then make it path…
now you have the basic shape started.
once they are both on path I go to view and change to outline…i find this easier.
then I move Guidline from the edge to the height I want my ground at
Now I add a node at each end where the blue guideline crosses the inner oval
see the blue squares now…
then I will delete the lower nodes
now I join the 2 nodes
now switch back to view for the black and white
then put white text in the black area…
I should do videos like this…
does this help?