Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making
animated
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films by manipulating slow-drying
oil paint
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s on sheets of
glass
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.
Gouache
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mixed with
glycerine
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is sometimes used instead. The best-known practitioner of the technique is
Russia
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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
Martine Chartrand (born 1962) is a Haitian Canadian filmmaker, visual artist and teacher. She practices a paint-on-glass animation technique to create her films. Throughout Chartrand's career, she has been involved with numerous films and has made ...
**''
Black Soul
''Black Soul'' (french: Âme noire) is a 2000 animated short by Haitian Canadian filmmaker Martine Chartrand that uses paint-on-glass animation and music to portray defining moments of Black history.
Produced by the National Film Board of Can ...
'' (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
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In some context ...
'',
''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
Caroline Leaf (born August 12, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is a Canadian-American filmmaker, animator, director, tutor and artist. She has produced numerous short animated films and her work has been recognized worldwide. She is best known a ...
**''
The Street The Street may refer to:
Geographical
*Wall Street in New York City's Financial District
* The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England
* The Street (Heath Charnock), a building and bridleway in Rivington, Lancashire, England
Film and television
* ''The ...
'' (1976)
*
Marcos Magalhães
Marcos Magalhães (; born in 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is the author of short films such as " Meow!" (Special Jury Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival) and "Animando", shot in the National Film Board of Canada.
He has been responsible for ...
**''Animando'' (1987) (partially; instructive film)
*Miyo Sato
**''Fox Fears'' (2016)
**''
Mob Psycho 100
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by One. It was serialized on Shogakukan's ''Ura Sunday'' website from April 2012 to December 2017. It has been also available online on Shogakukan's mobile app ''MangaONE'' since Dec ...
'' (2016, 2018)
*
Natalya Orlova (Наталья Орлова)
**''
Hamlet
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'' (1992)
**''
King Richard III
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'' (1994)
**''
Moby Dick
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'',
''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
"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (russian: Сон смешного человека, ''Son smeshnovo cheloveka'') is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the wo ...
'',
''Сон смешного человека'' (Son smeshnovo cheloveka) (1992)
**''
The Mermaid'',
''Русалка'' (Rusalka) (1997)
**''
The Old Man and the Sea
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'' (1999)
**''
Winter Days
is a 2003 Japanese anime film directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the ''renku'' ( collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō.
The creation of the film followe ...
'',
''冬の日'' (Fuyu no hi) (2003) (segment)
**''
My Love'',
''Моя любовь'' (Moya lyubov) (2006)
*
Georges Schwizgebel
Georges Schwizgebel (b. 1944) is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film ''L'Homme sans ombre'' (''The Man With No Shadow'') won various awards.
Biography
Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, ...
**''The Man With No Shadow'',
(''L'homme sans ombre'') (2004)
**''Retouches'',
(''Retouches'') (2008)
*
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...
**''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
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**''
MTV
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: Greetings From The World'' (1988)
*
Boris Stepantsev
Boris Pavlovich Stepantsev (russian: Борис Павлович Степанцев; 7 December 1929 — 21 May 1983) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, artist and book illustrator, as well as a vice-president of ASIFA (1972–1 ...
**''The Song About the Falcon'',
''Песня о соколе'' (Pesnya o sokole) (1967)
*
Wendy Tilby
**''
Strings
String or strings may refer to:
*String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...
'' (1991)
See also
*
Animation techniques
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...
*
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...
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