drawImage
example 1function draw() { var ctx = document.getElementById('canvas').getContext('2d'); var img = new Image(); img.onload = function(){ ctx.drawImage(img,0,0); ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(30,96); ctx.lineTo(70,66); ctx.lineTo(103,76); ctx.lineTo(170,15); ctx.stroke(); // prevent IE6 memory leak img = null; } img.src = 'images/backdrop.png'; }