Sub plot examples: subplot(2,3,3) or subplot(233) both create axes at the top right corner of current figure.
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.subplot(211)
plt.plot(range(12))
plt.subplot(212, facecolor='y')
plt.plot(range(12))
plt.show()
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([3, 8, 1, 10])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 1)
plt.plot(x,y)
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([10, 20, 30, 40])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 2)
plt.plot(x,y)
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([3, 8, 1, 10])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 3)
plt.plot(x,y)
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([10, 20, 30, 40])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 4)
plt.plot(x,y)
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([3, 8, 1, 10])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 5)
plt.plot(x,y)
x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
y = np.array([10, 20, 30, 40])
plt.subplot(2, 3, 6)
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.show()