pt. 1. Materials and techniques of texture
1. Space : paint frame ; boomerang ; continental system ; floor paper
2. Equipment : buckets and containers ; paint carriers ; brushes ; paint and dye : dry pigments, casein, vinyl paints, latex paints, dyes, bronze powders
3. Color : color psychology ; basic color mixing ; color wheel ; primaries, secondaries, complementaries ; using black and white ; Table of Nine Mixtures ; classic scene-painting palette (traditional terminology)
4. Mixing the base, tint, and shade : procedure ; analogous colors and the common denominator
5. Preparing the surface to be painted : flameproofing ; primer coat
6. Basic scene painting and texture : focus and toning ; procedural methods ; graded wet blend ; scumbling ; spattering (and spatter and drag) ; sponging ; stippling ; rag rolling ; rolling ; flogging ; puddling ; dry brushing ; stenciling and stamping ; spraying ; brush care
7. The three-dimensional illusion and the light source : highlights and lowlights ; shadows, glazes/washes ; lining ; using the straightedge
8. Stonework : bricks ; rough stones ; cut stones ; marble
9. Wallpaper : painting considerations ; pounce method ; stenciling ; pattern arrangements ; spattering or spraying ; stamping a pattern
10. Woodwork : graining ; rendering methods : wash method, opaque method, dry-brush method ; wainscoting ; recessed and protruding panels ; additional examples
11. Cornice moldings : Roman ogee and cove ; reversing the light sources
13. Reflective metallic objects : graphic-arts approach ; scene-painting approach
16. Clouds, mountains, and water
17. Scale transfers : painter's elevation ; gridding ; opaque and overhead projectors
18. Perspective and the vista : perspective ; vanishing points
19. Drops and scrims : laying out ; starch priming ; storage drops ; flexible glue ; painting the drop ; translucencies ; cut drops and scrims