Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making
animated films by manipulating slow-drying
oil paint
Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. Oil paint also has practical advantages over other paints, mainly because it is waterproof.
The earliest surviving ...
s on sheets of
glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline solid, non-crystalline) solid. Because it is often transparency and translucency, transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window pane ...
.
Gouache mixed with
glycerine is sometimes used instead. The best-known practitioner of the technique is
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
n animator
Aleksandr Petrov; he has used it in seven films, all of which have won awards.
Animators/films
*
Agamurad Amanov (Агамурад Аманов)
**''Tuzik''
(Тузик) (2001)
**''Childhood's Autumn'',
''Осень детства'' (Osen detstva) (2005) (with
Yekatirina Boykova)
*
Martine Chartrand
**''
Black Soul'' (2000)
*
Witold Giersz
**''Little Western
(Mały Western)'' (1960)
**''Red and Black
(Czerwone i czarne)'' (1963)
**''Horse
(Koń)'' (1967)
**''The Stuntman
(Kaskader)'' (1972)
**''Fire
(Pożar)'' (1975)
*
Aleksey Karayev (Алексей Караев)
**''
Welcome'',
''Добро пожаловать'' (Dobro pozhalovat) (1986)
**''The Lodgers of an Old House'',
''Жильцы старого дома'' (Zhiltsy starovo doma) (1987)
**''I Can Hear You'',
''Я вас слышу'' (Ya vas slyshu) (1992)
*
Caroline Leaf
**''
The Street'' (1976)
*
Marcos Magalhães
**''Animando'' (1987) (partially; instructive film)
*Miyo Sato
**''Fox Fears'' (2016)
**''
Mob Psycho 100'' (2016, 2018)
*Natalya Orlova (Наталья Орлова)
**''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
'' (1992)
**''
King Richard III
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...
'' (1994)
**''
Moby Dick
''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler ...
'',
''Моби Дик'' (1999)
*
Aleksandr Petrov (Александр Петров) (was art director on Karayev's ''Welcome'' in 1986)
**''
The Cow'',
''Корова'' (Korova) (1989)
**''
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'',
''Сон смешного человека'' (Son smeshnovo cheloveka) (1992)
**''
The Mermaid'',
''Русалка'' (Rusalka) (1997)
**''
The Old Man and the Sea'' (1999)
**''
Winter Days'',
''冬の日'' (Fuyu no hi) (2003) (segment)
**''
My Love'',
''Моя любовь'' (Moya lyubov) (2006)
*
Georges Schwizgebel
**''The Man With No Shadow'',
(''L'homme sans ombre'') (2004)
**''Retouches'',
(''Retouches'') (2008)
*
Vladimir Samsonov
**''The Winter'',
''Зима'' (Zima) (1979)
**''Brightness'',
''Блики'' (Bliki) (1981)
**''Contrasts'',
''Контрасты'' (Kontrasty) (1981)
**''Contours'',
''Контуры'' (Kontury) (1981)
**''Masquerade'',
''Маскарад'' (Maskarad) (1981)
**''Still Life'',
''Натюрморт'' (Natyurmort) (1981)
**''Restoration'',
''Реставрация'' (Restavratsiya) (1981)
**''The Little Sun'',
''Солнышко'' (Solnyshko) (1981)
**''The Snail'',
''Улитка'' (Ulitka) (1981)
**''Magic Trick'',
''Фокус'' (Fokus) (1981)
**''Coloured Music'',
''Цветомузыка'' (Tsvetomuzyka) (1981)
**''The Bumblebee'',
''Шмель'' (Shmel) (1981)
**''Mood'',
''Настроение'' (Nastroyeniye) (1982)
**''The Landscape'',
''Пейзаж'' (Peyzazh) (1982)
**''Rendez-Vous'',
''Свидание'' (Svidaniye) (1982)
**''The Magpie'',
''Сорока'' (Soroka) (1982)
**''The Motif'',
''Мотив'' (Motiv) (1984)
**''Waiting for...'',
''Ожидание'' (Ozhidaniye) (1984)
**''Miniatures'',
''Миниатюры'' (Miniatyury) (1985)
**''Miniatures - 86'',
''Миниатюры - 86'' (Miniatyury - 86) (1986)
*
Olive Jar Studios
**''
MTV: Greetings From The World'' (1988)
*
Boris Stepantsev
**''The Song About the Falcon'',
''Песня о соколе'' (Pesnya o sokole) (1967)
*
Wendy Tilby
**''
Strings'' (1991)
*
Karel Zeman
**
Inspiration (Inspirace) (1949)
See also
*
Animation techniques
*
Painting
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
References
External links
Comments and tips from paint-on-glass animatorsAnimation in the Post-Industrial Era
(mentions many of the above animators)
- includes clips of Petrov's animations (enter the English site, then click on "directors")
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Animation techniques
Glass art