// Create a DrawingVisual that contains a rectangle.
private DrawingVisual CreateDrawingVisualRectangle()
{
    DrawingVisual drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();

    // Retrieve the DrawingContext in order to create new drawing content.
    DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen();

    // Create a rectangle and draw it in the DrawingContext.
    Rect rect = new Rect(new System.Windows.Point(160, 100), new System.Windows.Size(320, 80));
    drawingContext.DrawRectangle(System.Windows.Media.Brushes.LightBlue, (System.Windows.Media.Pen)null, rect);

    // Persist the drawing content.
    drawingContext.Close();

    return drawingVisual;
}

// Retrieve the DrawingContext in order to draw into the visual object.
DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen();

// Draw a rectangle into the DrawingContext.
Rect rect = new Rect(new Point(160, 100), new Size(320, 80));
drawingContext.DrawRectangle(Brushes.LightBlue, (Pen)null, rect);

// Draw a formatted text string into the DrawingContext.
drawingContext.DrawText(
   new FormattedText("Hello, world",
      CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-us"),
      FlowDirection.LeftToRight,
      new Typeface("Verdana"),
      36, Brushes.Black),
      new Point(200, 116));

// Persist the drawing content.
drawingContext.Close();