diff --git a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.cpp b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.cpp
index c40cb08b4a8980d714b210e22058b78c708fe064..e59ca8815b90285d8ee7f1a389c3c00e78364d44 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.cpp
+++ b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.h"
 
+#include "sky/engine/core/painting/Canvas.h"
+
 namespace blink {
 
 PassRefPtr<Picture> Picture::create(PassRefPtr<SkPicture> skPicture)
@@ -21,4 +23,9 @@ Picture::~Picture()
 {
 }
 
+void Picture::playback(Canvas* canvas)
+{
+    m_picture->playback(canvas->skCanvas());
+}
+
 } // namespace blink
diff --git a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.h b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.h
index fc12c942cac73ec3e99840735961602a8462ec42..6d61bc52b0c5cbcd9a6f85c7074b40b26f371e44 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.h
+++ b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace blink {
 
+class Canvas;
+
 class Picture : public RefCounted<Picture>, public DartWrappable {
     DEFINE_WRAPPERTYPEINFO();
 public:
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ public:
 
     SkPicture* toSkia() const { return m_picture.get(); }
 
+    void playback(Canvas* canvas);
+
 private:
     explicit Picture(PassRefPtr<SkPicture> skPicture);
 
diff --git a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.idl b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.idl
index 0f618fdef72cafeff11960cb00f1fb24a959a6b0..277bdbd0617e3b437f9ba943bbe735f85103be19 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.idl
+++ b/sky/engine/core/painting/Picture.idl
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 interface Picture {
+  // Replays the drawing commands on the specified canvas. Note that
+  // this has the effect of unfurling this picture into the destination
+  // canvas. Using the Canvas drawPicture entry point gives the destination
+  // canvas the option of just taking a ref.
+  void playback(Canvas canvas);
 };
diff --git a/sky/engine/core/painting/Rect.dart b/sky/engine/core/painting/Rect.dart
index 270e22fb4e0d9adcb62e5dbcd8d0287a38321ace..4a1dc1cf417faaf60439c83773489c261c782bd5 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/painting/Rect.dart
+++ b/sky/engine/core/painting/Rect.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ class Rect {
   Rect deflate(double delta) {
     return inflate(-delta);
   }
+  Rect intersect(Rect other) {
+    return new Rect.fromLTRB(
+      math.max(left, other.left),
+      math.max(top, other.top),
+      math.max(right, other.right),
+      math.max(bottom, other.bottom));
+  }
 
   double get width => right - left;
   double get height => bottom - top;
diff --git a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/box.dart b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/box.dart
index ee2aa5982dc7bfeb5ed9325b94ce5e782625135d..f9dbd2c767ef3c472e384caf2101c1f1be5c4425 100644
--- a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/box.dart
+++ b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/box.dart
@@ -1750,26 +1750,31 @@ class RenderView extends RenderObject with RenderObjectWithChildMixin<RenderBox>
     sky.tracing.begin('RenderView.paintFrame');
     try {
       final double devicePixelRatio = sky.view.devicePixelRatio;
-
-      // TODO(abarth): Really |_rootLayer| should be a TransformLayer that
-      // applies the devicePixelRatio.
+      Matrix4 transform = new Matrix4.diagonal3Values(devicePixelRatio, devicePixelRatio, 1.0);
+      Rect bounds = Point.origin & size;
       Rect scaledBounds = Point.origin & (size * devicePixelRatio);
-      PaintingContext context = new PaintingContext(scaledBounds);
-      _rootLayer = new ContainerLayer(bounds: Point.origin & size);
+      _rootLayer = new TransformLayer(bounds: scaledBounds, transform: transform);
+      PaintingContext context = new PaintingContext(bounds);
       _rootLayer.add(context.layer);
-      context.canvas.drawColor(const Color(0xFF000000), sky.TransferMode.src);
-      context.canvas.scale(devicePixelRatio, devicePixelRatio);
       context.paintChild(child, Point.origin);
       context.endRecording();
-
-      // TODO(abarth): Once we have more than one PictureLayer, we should walk
-      // the layer tree to generate the final picture.
-      sky.view.picture = (_rootLayer.firstChild as PictureLayer).picture;
     } finally {
       sky.tracing.end('RenderView.paintFrame');
     }
   }
 
+  void compositeFrame() {
+    sky.tracing.begin('RenderView.compositeFrame');
+    try {
+      sky.PictureRecorder recorder = new sky.PictureRecorder();
+      sky.Canvas canvas = new sky.Canvas(recorder, _rootLayer.bounds);
+      _rootLayer.paint(canvas);
+      sky.view.picture = recorder.endRecording();
+    } finally {
+      sky.tracing.end('RenderView.compositeFrame');
+    }
+  }
+
   Rect get paintBounds => Point.origin & size;
 }
 
diff --git a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/layer.dart b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/layer.dart
index 6afe9257a7aec036d97621ebf73345d9870097b6..616de5f3bee8c24194dc8ede2fc5b64af893718a 100644
--- a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/layer.dart
+++ b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/layer.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:sky' show Point, Offset, Size, Rect, Color, Paint, Path;
 
 import 'package:vector_math/vector_math.dart';
 
-class Layer {
+abstract class Layer {
   Layer({ this.bounds });
 
   Rect bounds;
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class Layer {
     if (_parent != null)
       _parent.remove(this);
   }
+
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas);
 }
 
 class PictureLayer extends Layer {
@@ -32,11 +34,23 @@ class PictureLayer extends Layer {
     : super(bounds: bounds);
 
   sky.Picture picture;
+
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.drawPicture(picture);
+  }
 }
 
 class ContainerLayer extends Layer {
   ContainerLayer({ Rect bounds }) : super(bounds: bounds);
 
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas) {
+    Layer child = firstChild;
+    while (child != null) {
+      child.paint(canvas);
+      child = child.nextSibling;
+    }
+  }
+
   Layer _firstChild;
   Layer get firstChild => _firstChild;
 
@@ -122,10 +136,24 @@ class TransformLayer extends ContainerLayer {
   TransformLayer({ this.transform, Rect bounds }) : super(bounds: bounds);
 
   Matrix4 transform;
+
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.save();
+    canvas.concat(transform.storage);
+    super.paint(canvas);
+    canvas.restore();
+  }
 }
 
 class ClipLayer extends ContainerLayer {
   ClipLayer({ Rect bounds }) : super(bounds: bounds);
+
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.save();
+    canvas.clipRect(bounds);
+    super.paint(canvas);
+    canvas.restore();
+  }
 }
 
 class ColorFilterLayer extends ContainerLayer {
@@ -137,4 +165,14 @@ class ColorFilterLayer extends ContainerLayer {
 
   Color color;
   sky.TransferMode transferMode;
+
+  void paint(sky.Canvas canvas) {
+    Paint paint = new Paint()
+      ..color = color
+      ..setTransferMode(transferMode);
+
+    canvas.saveLayer(bounds, paint);
+    super.paint(canvas);
+    canvas.restore();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/object.dart b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/object.dart
index 3ba0d6372bdb27b182142a1ec933972ef841a4f9..44593fe407d0c575f9d9485924f74df1f7782da7 100644
--- a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/object.dart
+++ b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/object.dart
@@ -41,14 +41,24 @@ class PaintingContext {
   sky.PictureRecorder _recorder;
 
   PaintingContext(Rect bounds) {
+    _startRecording(bounds);
+  }
+
+  PaintingContext.forTesting(this.canvas);
+
+  void _startRecording(Rect bounds) {
+    assert(_layer == null);
+    assert(_recorder == null);
+    assert(canvas == null);
     _layer = new PictureLayer(bounds: bounds);
     _recorder = new sky.PictureRecorder();
     canvas = new PaintingCanvas(_recorder, bounds);
   }
 
-  PaintingContext.forTesting(this.canvas);
-
   void endRecording() {
+    assert(_layer != null);
+    assert(_recorder != null);
+    assert(canvas != null);
     canvas = null;
     _layer.picture = _recorder.endRecording();
     _recorder = null;
@@ -56,9 +66,22 @@ class PaintingContext {
   }
 
   void paintChild(RenderObject child, Point point) {
-    // TODO(abarth): Support compositing.
-    assert(!child.requiresCompositing);
-    child._paintWithContext(this, point.toOffset());
+    final Offset offset = point.toOffset();
+
+    if (!child.requiresCompositing)
+      return child._paintWithContext(this, offset);
+
+    final Layer originalLayer = layer;
+    endRecording();
+
+    Rect bounds = child.paintBounds.shift(offset);
+    PaintingContext context = new PaintingContext(bounds);
+    originalLayer.parent.add(context.layer, before: originalLayer.nextSibling);
+    child._paintWithContext(context, Offset.zero);
+    context.endRecording();
+
+    _startRecording(originalLayer.bounds);
+    originalLayer.parent.add(layer, before: context.layer.nextSibling);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/sky_binding.dart b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/sky_binding.dart
index 7d4e4f98f591d56916653dcd5147cdee75b3721f..55902d6840e463fcc53aceb1e03987177218bac8 100644
--- a/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/sky_binding.dart
+++ b/sky/packages/sky/lib/rendering/sky_binding.dart
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class SkyBinding {
     RenderObject.flushLayout();
     RenderObject.flushPaint();
     _renderView.paintFrame();
+    _renderView.compositeFrame();
   }
 
   final List<EventListener> _eventListeners = new List<EventListener>();
diff --git a/sky/tests/resources/display_list.dart b/sky/tests/resources/display_list.dart
index 962368a890a402c0ab0d8819d237b30ca93b6a0c..0b64100b4799f0b7d8868e01aba728c49e8d9af9 100644
--- a/sky/tests/resources/display_list.dart
+++ b/sky/tests/resources/display_list.dart
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ class TestRenderView extends RenderView {
     RenderObject.debugDoingPaint = false;
   }
 
+  void compositeFrame() {
+  }
+
   // TEST API:
 
   void syncCheckFrame() {