ROGET THESAURUS
chalk out
Plan
VB
plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out,
chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.
Painting
VB
paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off,
chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.