Call Lock in a multithreaded application to prevent other threads from drawing on the canvas. Lock prevents other cooperating threads in the application from executing until the Unlock method is called. Nested calls to Lock increment the LockCount property so that the canvas is not unlocked until the last lock is released. 

In multi-threaded applications that use Lock to protect a canvas, all calls that use the canvas must be protected by a call to Lock. Any thread that does not lock the canvas before using it will introduce potential bugs. 

Because Lock prevents other threads from executing, it can adversely affect performance. Do not call Lock unless there is a danger that another thread might interfere with drawing on the canvas. 

LockCount 

TryLock 

Unlock 

Locking Objects