diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.cc
index 3cf9079270e..be74e84ad11 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.cc
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ ClipPathLayer::~ClipPathLayer() {
 }
 
 void ClipPathLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->saveLayer(&clip_path_.getBounds(), nullptr);
-  canvas->clipPath(clip_path_);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.saveLayer(&clip_path_.getBounds(), nullptr);
+  canvas.clipPath(clip_path_);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.h b/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.h
index 67c09fa54e0..4e76798462d 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_path_layer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ClipPathLayer : public ContainerLayer {
 
   void set_clip_path(const SkPath& clip_path) { clip_path_ = clip_path; }
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.cc
index e3ae0ee4eea..8e22da9b3d1 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.cc
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ ClipRectLayer::~ClipRectLayer() {
 }
 
 void ClipRectLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->save();
-  canvas->clipRect(clip_rect_);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.save();
+  canvas.clipRect(clip_rect_);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.h b/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.h
index 69d752301b3..4e0266160fe 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_rect_layer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ClipRectLayer : public ContainerLayer {
 
   void set_clip_rect(const SkRect& clip_rect) { clip_rect_ = clip_rect; }
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.cc
index 7ec0d5448c4..62ef9a56ff6 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.cc
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ ClipRRectLayer::~ClipRRectLayer() {
 }
 
 void ClipRRectLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->saveLayer(&clip_rrect_.getBounds(), nullptr);
-  canvas->clipRRect(clip_rrect_);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.saveLayer(&clip_rrect_.getBounds(), nullptr);
+  canvas.clipRRect(clip_rrect_);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.h b/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.h
index 817b3f26713..5304112ad53 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/clip_rrect_layer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ClipRRectLayer : public ContainerLayer {
 
   void set_clip_rrect(const SkRRect& clip_rrect) { clip_rrect_ = clip_rrect; }
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.cc
index 6235f6f9151..5fb272f704f 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.cc
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ void ColorFilterLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
       adoptRef(SkColorFilter::CreateModeFilter(color_, transfer_mode_));
   SkPaint paint;
   paint.setColorFilter(color_filter.get());
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->saveLayer(&paint_bounds(), &paint);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.saveLayer(&paint_bounds(), &paint);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.h b/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.h
index 9695896c75a..69337c7977e 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/color_filter_layer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ColorFilterLayer : public ContainerLayer {
     transfer_mode_ = transfer_mode;
   }
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/compositor/compositor_options.cc b/sky/compositor/compositor_options.cc
index 102c23938a9..3f0111e5def 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/compositor_options.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/compositor_options.cc
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 namespace sky {
 namespace compositor {
 
-CompositorOptions& CompositorOptions::Shared() {
-  static std::once_flag once;
-  static CompositorOptions* options = nullptr;
-  std::call_once(once, []() { options = new CompositorOptions(); });
-  return *options;
-}
-
 CompositorOptions::CompositorOptions() {
   static_assert(std::is_unsigned<OptionType>::value,
                 "OptionType must be unsigned");
diff --git a/sky/compositor/compositor_options.h b/sky/compositor/compositor_options.h
index f6cc8766e24..c20ce861233 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/compositor_options.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/compositor_options.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class CompositorOptions {
     TerminationSentinel,
   };
 
-  static CompositorOptions& Shared();
+  CompositorOptions();
+  ~CompositorOptions();
 
   bool isEnabled(Option option) const;
 
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@ class CompositorOptions {
  private:
   std::vector<bool> options_;
 
-  CompositorOptions();
-  ~CompositorOptions();
-
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CompositorOptions);
 };
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/layer.h b/sky/compositor/layer.h
index d48c6cf802c..a601570befe 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/layer.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Layer {
   Layer();
   virtual ~Layer();
 
-  virtual void Paint(PaintContext& context) = 0;
+  void Paint(PaintContext::ScopedFrame& frame) { Paint(frame.paint_context()); }
 
   virtual SkMatrix model_view_matrix(const SkMatrix& model_matrix) const;
 
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ class Layer {
     paint_bounds_ = paint_bounds;
   }
 
+ protected:
+  virtual void Paint(PaintContext& context) = 0;
+
  private:
   ContainerLayer* parent_;
   SkRect paint_bounds_;
 
+  friend class ContainerLayer;
+
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Layer);
 };
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.cc
index 619a769d555..c8d30f97f8c 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.cc
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ void OpacityLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
       SkColorFilter::CreateModeFilter(color, SkXfermode::kSrcOver_Mode));
   SkPaint paint;
   paint.setColorFilter(colorFilter.get());
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->saveLayer(&paint_bounds(), &paint);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.saveLayer(&paint_bounds(), &paint);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.h b/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.h
index e4d26116e66..37896aaf433 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/opacity_layer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class OpacityLayer : public ContainerLayer {
 
   void set_alpha(int alpha) { alpha_ = alpha; }
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/compositor/paint_context.cc b/sky/compositor/paint_context.cc
index ab21b96b46d..daef046b70a 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/paint_context.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/paint_context.cc
@@ -3,14 +3,33 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "sky/compositor/paint_context.h"
+#include "base/logging.h"
 
 namespace sky {
 namespace compositor {
 
-PaintContext::PaintContext(PictureRasterzier& rasterizer,
-                           GrContext* gr_context,
-                           SkCanvas* canvas)
-    : rasterizer_(rasterizer), gr_context_(gr_context), canvas_(canvas) {
+PaintContext::PaintContext() {
+}
+
+void PaintContext::beginFrame(SkCanvas& canvas, GrContext* gr_context) {
+  canvas_ = &canvas;         // required
+  gr_context_ = gr_context;  // optional
+
+  DCHECK(canvas_);
+}
+
+void PaintContext::endFrame() {
+  DCHECK(canvas_);
+
+  rasterizer_.PurgeCache();
+
+  canvas_ = nullptr;
+  gr_context_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+PaintContext::ScopedFrame PaintContext::AcquireFrame(SkCanvas& canvas,
+                                                     GrContext* gr_context) {
+  return ScopedFrame(*this, canvas, gr_context);
 }
 
 PaintContext::~PaintContext() {
diff --git a/sky/compositor/paint_context.h b/sky/compositor/paint_context.h
index d3af878f578..4b5455394fb 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/paint_context.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/paint_context.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #define SKY_COMPOSITOR_PAINT_CONTEXT_CC_
 
 #include "base/macros.h"
+#include "base/logging.h"
+#include "sky/compositor/compositor_options.h"
 #include "sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h"
 
 namespace sky {
@@ -13,22 +15,57 @@ namespace compositor {
 
 class PaintContext {
  public:
-  PaintContext(PictureRasterzier& rasterizer,
-               GrContext* gr_context,
-               SkCanvas* canvas);
+  class ScopedFrame {
+   public:
+    PaintContext& paint_context() { return context_; };
+
+    ScopedFrame(ScopedFrame&& frame) = default;
+
+    ~ScopedFrame() { context_.endFrame(); }
+
+   private:
+    PaintContext& context_;
+
+    ScopedFrame() = delete;
+
+    ScopedFrame(PaintContext& context, SkCanvas& canvas, GrContext* gr_context)
+        : context_(context) {
+      context_.beginFrame(canvas, gr_context);
+    };
+
+    friend class PaintContext;
+
+    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedFrame);
+  };
+
+  PaintContext();
   ~PaintContext();
 
   PictureRasterzier& rasterizer() { return rasterizer_; }
 
+  CompositorOptions& options() { return options_; };
+
   GrContext* gr_context() { return gr_context_; }
 
-  SkCanvas* canvas() { return canvas_; }
+  SkCanvas& canvas() {
+    DCHECK(canvas_) << "Tried to access the canvas of a context whose frame "
+                       "was not initialized. Did you forget to "
+                       "`AcquireFrame`?";
+    return *canvas_;
+  }
+
+  ScopedFrame AcquireFrame(SkCanvas& canvas, GrContext* gr_context);
 
  private:
-  PictureRasterzier& rasterizer_;
+  PictureRasterzier rasterizer_;
+  CompositorOptions options_;
   GrContext* gr_context_;
   SkCanvas* canvas_;
 
+  void beginFrame(SkCanvas& canvas, GrContext* context);
+
+  void endFrame();
+
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PaintContext);
 };
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/picture_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/picture_layer.cc
index a04da168677..e38f0bf2764 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/picture_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/picture_layer.cc
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ void PictureLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
   SkISize size = SkISize::Make(bounds.width(), bounds.height());
 
   RefPtr<SkImage> image = context.rasterizer().GetCachedImageIfPresent(
-      context.gr_context(), picture_.get(), size);
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
+      context, picture_.get(), size);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
 
   if (image) {
-    canvas->drawImage(image.get(), offset_.x(), offset_.y());
+    canvas.drawImage(image.get(), offset_.x(), offset_.y());
   } else {
-    canvas->save();
-    canvas->translate(offset_.x(), offset_.y());
-    canvas->drawPicture(picture_.get());
-    canvas->restore();
+    canvas.save();
+    canvas.translate(offset_.x(), offset_.y());
+    canvas.drawPicture(picture_.get());
+    canvas.restore();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/picture_layer.h b/sky/compositor/picture_layer.h
index 44a84601e4c..5bd620a77f9 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/picture_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/picture_layer.h
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ class PictureLayer : public Layer {
 
   SkMatrix model_view_matrix(const SkMatrix& model_matrix) const override;
 
-  void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
-
   SkPicture* picture() const { return picture_.get(); }
 
+ protected:
+  void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
+
  private:
   SkPoint offset_;
   RefPtr<SkPicture> picture_;
diff --git a/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.cc b/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.cc
index 77589b9b085..4930a9b8baa 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "sky/compositor/compositor_options.h"
 #include "sky/compositor/checkerboard.h"
 #include "sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h"
+#include "sky/compositor/paint_context.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkPicture.h"
 #include "third_party/skia/include/gpu/GrContext.h"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ PictureRasterzier::Value::Value()
 PictureRasterzier::Value::~Value() {
 }
 
-static RefPtr<SkImage> ImageFromPicture(GrContext* context,
+static RefPtr<SkImage> ImageFromPicture(PaintContext& context,
                                         SkPicture* picture,
                                         const SkISize& size) {
   // Step 1: Create a texture from the context's texture provider
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ static RefPtr<SkImage> ImageFromPicture(GrContext* context,
   desc.fFlags = kRenderTarget_GrSurfaceFlag;
   desc.fConfig = kRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
 
-  GrTexture* texture = context->textureProvider()->createTexture(desc, true);
+  GrTexture* texture =
+      context.gr_context()->textureProvider()->createTexture(desc, true);
 
   if (!texture) {
     // The texture provider could not allocate a texture backing. Render
@@ -82,22 +84,24 @@ static RefPtr<SkImage> ImageFromPicture(GrContext* context,
 
   canvas->drawPicture(picture);
 
-  if (CompositorOptions::Shared().isEnabled(
+  if (context.options().isEnabled(
           CompositorOptions::Option::HightlightRasterizedImages)) {
     DrawCheckerboard(canvas, desc.fWidth, desc.fHeight);
   }
 
   // Step 4: Create an image representation from the texture
 
-  RefPtr<SkImage> image = adoptRef(SkImage::NewFromTexture(
-      context, backendDesc, kPremul_SkAlphaType, &ImageReleaseProc, texture));
+  RefPtr<SkImage> image = adoptRef(
+      SkImage::NewFromTexture(context.gr_context(), backendDesc,
+                              kPremul_SkAlphaType, &ImageReleaseProc, texture));
   return image;
 }
 
-RefPtr<SkImage> PictureRasterzier::GetCachedImageIfPresent(GrContext* context,
-                                                           SkPicture* picture,
-                                                           SkISize size) {
-  if (size.isEmpty() || picture == nullptr || context == nullptr) {
+RefPtr<SkImage> PictureRasterzier::GetCachedImageIfPresent(
+    PaintContext& context,
+    SkPicture* picture,
+    SkISize size) {
+  if (size.isEmpty() || picture == nullptr || context.gr_context() == nullptr) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h b/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h
index fbde8d40021..797af750d04 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 namespace sky {
 namespace compositor {
 
+class PaintContext;
 class PictureRasterzier {
  public:
   PictureRasterzier();
   ~PictureRasterzier();
 
-  RefPtr<SkImage> GetCachedImageIfPresent(GrContext* context,
+  RefPtr<SkImage> GetCachedImageIfPresent(PaintContext& context,
                                           SkPicture* picture,
                                           SkISize size);
 
diff --git a/sky/compositor/transform_layer.cc b/sky/compositor/transform_layer.cc
index 2d9dfe1bcb2..2115e5e57da 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/transform_layer.cc
+++ b/sky/compositor/transform_layer.cc
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ SkMatrix TransformLayer::model_view_matrix(const SkMatrix& model_matrix) const {
 }
 
 void TransformLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) {
-  SkCanvas* canvas = context.canvas();
-  canvas->save();
-  canvas->concat(transform_);
+  SkCanvas& canvas = context.canvas();
+  canvas.save();
+  canvas.concat(transform_);
   PaintChildren(context);
-  canvas->restore();
+  canvas.restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace compositor
diff --git a/sky/compositor/transform_layer.h b/sky/compositor/transform_layer.h
index b669efae3c3..cfeb82cbd18 100644
--- a/sky/compositor/transform_layer.h
+++ b/sky/compositor/transform_layer.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TransformLayer : public ContainerLayer {
 
   SkMatrix model_view_matrix(const SkMatrix& model_matrix) const override;
 
+ protected:
   void Paint(PaintContext& context) override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.cc b/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.cc
index 03a814d4f44..90c5d0861c9 100644
--- a/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.cc
+++ b/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.cc
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ void Rasterizer::Draw(scoped_ptr<compositor::LayerTree> layer_tree) {
   SkCanvas* canvas = ganesh_surface_->canvas();
 
   canvas->clear(SK_ColorBLACK);
-  compositor::PaintContext context(rasterizer_, ganesh_context_->gr(), canvas);
-  layer_tree->root_layer()->Paint(context);
+  {
+    auto frame = paint_context_.AcquireFrame(*canvas, ganesh_context_->gr());
+    layer_tree->root_layer()->Paint(frame);
+  }
   canvas->flush();
   surface_->SwapBuffers();
 
diff --git a/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.h b/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.h
index cb766342ab1..8b56784fa6b 100644
--- a/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.h
+++ b/sky/shell/gpu/rasterizer.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "sky/shell/gpu_delegate.h"
 #include "ui/gfx/geometry/size.h"
 #include "ui/gfx/native_widget_types.h"
-#include "sky/compositor/picture_rasterizer.h"
+#include "sky/compositor/paint_context.h"
 
 class SkPicture;
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Rasterizer : public GPUDelegate {
   scoped_ptr<GaneshContext> ganesh_context_;
   scoped_ptr<GaneshSurface> ganesh_surface_;
 
-  compositor::PictureRasterzier rasterizer_;
+  compositor::PaintContext paint_context_;
 
   base::WeakPtrFactory<Rasterizer> weak_factory_;