from matplotlib.patches import Circle
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.anchored_artists import AnchoredDrawingArea
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3, 3))
ada = AnchoredDrawingArea(40, 20, 0, 0,
loc=1, pad=0., frameon=False)
p1 = Circle((10, 10), 10)
ada.drawing_area.add_artist(p1)
p2 = Circle((30, 10), 5, fc="r")
ada.drawing_area.add_artist(p2)
ax.add_artist(ada)
plt.show()