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---
title: "How to: Create a GeometryDrawing"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "shapes [WPF], renderable"
- "renderable shapes [WPF]"
- "graphics [WPF], GeometryDrawing class"
- "classes [WPF], GeometryDrawing"
ms.assetid: 11d3c096-91ba-4d41-9bba-aeac0db70f97
---
# How to: Create a GeometryDrawing
This example shows how to create and display a <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing>. A <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing> enables you to create shape with a fill and an outline by associating a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Pen> and a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Brush> with a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Geometry>. The <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing.Geometry%2A> describes the shape's structure, the <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing.Brush%2A> describes the shape's fill, and the <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing.Pen%2A> describes the shape's outline.
## Example
The following example uses a <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing> to render a shape. The shape is described by a <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryGroup> and two <xref:System.Windows.Media.EllipseGeometry> objects. The shape's interior is painted with a <xref:System.Windows.Media.LinearGradientBrush> and its outline is drawn with a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Black%2A> <xref:System.Windows.Media.Pen>. The <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing> is displayed using an <xref:System.Windows.Media.ImageDrawing> and an <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Image> element.
[!code-csharp[DrawingMiscSnippets_snip#GeometryDrawingExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DrawingMiscSnippets_snip/CSharp/GeometryDrawingExample.cs#geometrydrawingexamplewholepage)]
[!code-xaml[DrawingMiscSnippets_snip#GeometryDrawingExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/xaml/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DrawingMiscSnippets_snip/XAML/GeometryDrawingExample.xaml#geometrydrawingexamplewholepage)]
The following illustration shows the resulting <xref:System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing>.
![A GeometryDrawing of two ellipses](./media/graphicsmm-geodraw.jpg "graphicsmm_geodraw")
To create more complex drawings, you can combine multiple drawing objects into a single composite drawing using a <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingGroup>.
## See also
- <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingGroup>
- [Drawing Objects Overview](drawing-objects-overview.md)
- [Geometry Overview](geometry-overview.md)
- [Create a Composite Drawing](how-to-create-a-composite-drawing.md)