Paint-on-glass animation
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Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
films by manipulating slow-drying oil paint
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. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the...
s on sheets of glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
. Gouache
Gouache
Gouache[p], also spelled guache, the name of which derives from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash or bodycolor is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. A binding agent, usually gum arabic, is also present, just as in watercolor...
mixed with glycerine is sometimes used instead. The most well-known practitioner of the technique is Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n animator Aleksandr Petrov; he has used it in seven films, all of which have won numerous awards.
Animators/films
- Agamurad Amanov (Агамурад Аманов)
- Tuzik (Тузик) (2001) http://www.masterfilm.ru/eng/film.php?id=1
- Childhood's Autumn, Осень детства (Osen detstva) (2005)http://www.cnf.ru/page.php?rub=3&ptype=2&id=95&lang=rus (with Yekatirina Boykova)
- Martine Chartrand
- Black SoulBlack SoulBlack Soul is a 2002 animated short by Haitian Canadian filmmaker Martine Chartrand that uses paint-on-glass animation and music to portray defining moments of Black history....
(2000)
- Black Soul
- Witold GierszWitold GierszWitold Giersz is a Polish animator.His most famous - and probably relevant - work is Kon that won also a prize at the Cracow Film Festival "for its exceptionally interesting animation technique"....
- Little Western (Maly Western) (1960)
- Red and Black (Czerwone i czarne) (1963)
- Horse (Kon) (1967)
- The Stuntman (Kaskader) (1972)
- Fire (Pozar) (1975)
- Aleksey Karayev (Алексей Караев)
- WelcomeWelcome (1986 film)Welcome is a paint-on-glass-animated 10-minute film in the Soviet Union adapted from 1948 children's book by Dr. Seuss Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose....
, 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)
- Welcome
- Caroline LeafCaroline LeafCaroline Leaf is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator.Leaf made her first film, Sand, or Peter and the Wolf, in 1968 at Harvard University. The short was made by dumping sand on a light box and manipulating the textures frame-by-frame.Her second film, Orfeo , had her painting directly on...
- The StreetThe Street (film)The Street is a 1976 animated short by Caroline Leaf, based on a short story of the of same name by Mordecai Richler.Set on Saint Urbain Street in Montreal, the explores the reactions of Jewish family in the early 20th century to the death of a grandmother.Animated using paint on glass animation,...
(1976)
- The Street
- Marcos MagalhãesMarcos MagalhaesMarcos Magalhães is the author of short films such as "Meow!" and "Animando", shot in the National Film Board of Canada....
- Animando (1987) (partially; instructive film)
- Natalya Orlova (Наталья Орлова)
- Hamlet (1992)
- King Richard III (1994)
- Moby Dick, Моби Дик (1999)http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1758
- 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 SeaThe Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)The Old Man and the Sea is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov, based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Animated Short Film...
(1999) http://www.pascalblais.com/it_petrov_04.html - Winter DaysWinter Daysis a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō....
, 冬の日 (Fuyu no hi) (2003) (segment) - My Love, Моя любовь (Moya lyubov) (2006)
- Georges SchwizgebelGeorges SchwizgebelGeorges Schwizgebel is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film L'Homme sans ombre won various awards....
- The Man With No Shadow, (L'homme sans ombre) (2004)
- Retouches, (Retouches) (2008) http://nfb.ca/film/retouches-trailer/
- Vladimir Samsonov
- The Winter, Зима (Zima) (1979) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=4701
- Brightness, Блики (Bliki) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5023
- Contrasts, Контрасты (Kontrasty) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5119
- Contours, Контуры (Kontury) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5121
- Masquerade, Маскарад (Maskarad) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5152
- Still Life, Натюрморт (Natyurmort) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5174
- Restoration, Реставрация (Restavratsiya) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5271
- The Little Sun, Солнышко (Solnyshko) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5302
- The Snail, Улитка (Ulitka) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5330
- Magic Trick, Фокус (Fokus) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5341
- Coloured Music, Цветомузыка (Tsvetomuzyka) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5381
- The Bumblebee, Шмель (Shmel) (1981) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5394
- Mood, Настроение (Nastroyeniye) (1982) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5172
- The Landscape, Пейзаж (Peyzazh) (1982) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5214
- Rendez-Vous, Свидание (Svidaniye) (1982) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5280
- The Magpie, Сорока (Soroka) (1982) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5305
- The Motif, Мотив (Motiv) (1984) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5164
- Waiting for..., Ожидание (Ozhidaniye) (1984) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5196
- Miniatures, Миниатюры (Miniatyury) (1985) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5159
- Miniatures - 86, Миниатюры - 86 (Miniatyury - 86) (1986) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5160
- Boris Stepantsev
- The Song About the Falcon, Песня о соколе (Pesnya o sokole) (1967) http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=2225
- Wendy Tilby
- StringsStrings (1991 film)Strings is a 1991 Canadian paint-on-glass animation short film by Wendy Tilby, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.The 10 min. 23 sec. animated short simultaneously follows a woman preparing for a bath and her upstairs neighbour rehearsing with his string quartet, exploring the...
(1991)
- Strings
External links
- Comments and tips from paint-on-glass animators
- Animation in the Post-Industrial Era (mentions many of the above animators)
- Pascal Blais Studio - here you can see clips of Petrov's animations (enter the English site, then click on "directors")