Training and working as a scenic artist -- The relationship between the scenic artist and the scenic designer -- The scenic artist and the scenic studio -- The scenic artist's working space -- The painting tools of scenic artistry -- Color and paint -- Preparing for painting and texturing scenery -- Cartooning, layout, and lettering -- Two-dimensional scenic painting techniques -- Creating aging, decorative, and faux finishes using multiple mediums -- Ancient classical theatre to Medieval performance : 500 B.C. to 1400 A.D. -- The Renaissance theatre and the Baroque theatre : 1400 to 1800 -- The Romantic theatre and the modern theatre : 1800 to the present