Paint-on-Glass Animation
An animation technique where oil paint is smeared and reworked on a glass sheet lit from below, photographing each stage. Artists such as Caroline Leaf and Alexander Petrov used it to create fluid, richly textured films.
Spot it
- 01Finger-smudged oil strokes
- 02Backlit glowing color
- 03Flowing painterly edges
Why it happens
Slow-drying oil paint on a lit glass plate can be pushed around with fingers and brushes between exposures, so each frame is a transformed painting seen with transmitted light.
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