Paint on Glass Animation

1. Paint on Glass Animation

2. Paint on Glass Animators • Alexander Petrov • Russian Animator • Best know for oil paint on glass • Applies oil on glass and moves it around with fingers • “…shortest and fastest way to link between my heart and the image I am creating” • Films • Old Man and the Sea, 1999 • 22 min, award winner • The Cow, 1988 • The Mermaid, 1996 • Clive Walley • Welsh animator, specializes oil paint on glass • BBC special, 1995 “Space, Time and Paint” • Invented his own multi-plane camera for oil paint on glass technique

3. Paint on Glass Animators • Caroline Leaf • National Film Board of Canada animator • Known for both sand and paint on glass animation techniques • Film: • The Street, 1976 • Nice example of fluidity of the paint as it is smeared on glass • Simple depictions of characters and forms • Martine Chartrand • Worked with Petrov in Russia • Inspired by Petrovs film “The Cow” • Film • Black Soul, 2001 • Film about history black culture • Limited hues to blue, brown, sepia, green and red to avoid muddiness • Added bicycle grease to paint to avoid drying out • Made 14,000 modifications • Used fingers in paint to create metamorphosis

4. Paint on Glass screening • Caroline Leaf • Film: • The Street, 1976 • Nice example of fluidity of the paint as it is smeared on glass • Simple depictions of characters and forms • Martine Chartrand • Film • Black Soul, 2001 • Film about history black culture • Limited hues to blue, brown, sepia, green and red to avoid muddiness • Added bicycle grease to paint to avoid drying out • Made 14,000 modifications • Used fingers in paint to create metamorphosis