Paint-on-glass animation

Aleksandr Petrov's 1999 The Old Man and the Sea (Academy Award for Animated Short Film)

Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making animated films by manipulating slow-drying oil paints on sheets of glass. Gouache mixed with glycerine is sometimes used instead. The most well-known practitioner of the technique is Russian 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)
  • Childhood's Autumn, Осень детства (Osen detstva) (2005) (with Yekatirina Boykova)
• Martine Chartrand
  • Black Soul (2000)
• Witold Giersz
  • 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)
  • 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)
• Natalya Orlova (Наталья Орлова)
  • Hamlet (1992)
  • King Richard III (1994)
  • Moby Dick, 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)

See also

• Animation techniques
• Painting

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")