Александр Петров (Alexander Petrov) born in 1957, is a Russian animator. After studying art at the State Institute of Cinema and TV, he became the disciple of Yuri Norshteyn.
Unique Technique
Petrov is one of the few animators in the world who master the technique of pastel oil painting on glass, a technique that requires precision and patience. The method consists of using your fingers to paint sheets of glass covered with slow-drying oil paints. Then, the artist photographs each frame one by one.
Examples of Works
The following animation is one of his latest works. It's called “Ещё раз” (One more time) and tell us a simple story. Life. Life that rolls and rolls and sometimes you look at a picture, you remember it all and you want to play it again... or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flCpfrQojg8
We also recommend you to watch one of Petrov's most famous works "Старик и море" (The old man and the Sea), based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. The film's style is analogous to that used in Petrov's other films and can be characterized as a type of Romantic realism. People, animals, and landscapes are painted and animated in a very realistic fashion, but there are sections where Petrov attempts to visually show a character's inner thoughts and dreams. For example, the film contains a scene where the fisherman dreams that he and the marlin are brothers swimming through the sea and the sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfwyNGf5D0
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