WPF Drawing

A simple way to draw in wpf.

<Window x:Class="DrawingGroupDemo.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow"
        Width="525"
        Height="350">
    <Grid>
        <Image Width="200" Height="200">
            <Image.Source>
                <DrawingImage>
                    <DrawingImage.Drawing>
                        <DrawingGroup x:Name="DrawingGroup" />
                    </DrawingImage.Drawing>
                </DrawingImage>
            </Image.Source>
        </Image>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Draw it in code.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
 
namespace DrawingGroupDemo
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DrawingContext dc = DrawingGroup.Open();
 
            // Draw a rectangle.
            dc.DrawRectangle(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.BurlyWood), new Pen(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Coral), 10.0),
                             new Rect(new Size(100, 100)));
 
            // Draw a line.
            dc.DrawLine(new Pen(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Chartreuse), 10.0), new Point(0.0, 50.0),
                        new Point(100.0, 50.0));
 
            // Draw text.
            dc.DrawText(
                new FormattedText("Hello", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, FlowDirection.LeftToRight,
                                  new Typeface(new FontFamily("Times New Roman"), FontStyles.Normal, FontWeights.Black,
                                               FontStretches.Normal), 30.0, new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Purple)),
                new Point(15.0, 50.0));
 
            // Apply animation to ellipse center.
            AnimationClock animationClock =
                new PointAnimation(new Point(1.0, 1.0), new Point(100.0, 100.0), new Duration(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 3)))
                    .CreateClock();
            dc.DrawEllipse(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Aqua), new Pen(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Orange), 2.0),
                           new Point(5.0, 5.0), animationClock, 4.0, null, 4.0, null);
 
            // Close to activate. Or use "using DrawingGroup.Open()".
            dc.Close();
        }
    }
}