Senegalese reverse glass painting (suwer) Animated HTML website template

The sample page

Neex. Souwer workshop and gallery in Yoff, Dakar.

The idea

Each of the workshop’s services becomes the last coat of a Senegalese reverse glass painting: the black outline goes on first and the sky’s color is painted last, behind everything.

What to try

Pick paintings, custom work, classes or signs to repaint the sky behind the glass, move the cursor to slide the reflection, and press “Paint it again” to watch the technique in order.

Made for

Art studios, galleries, sign painters, tourism and gift shops

Palette

• #F2E9D8
• #17110C
• #1F3F8F
• #A3123A
• #F2C230
• #2C7A6E

Typefaces

Londrina Solid + Instrument Sans

Cultural notes

• No religious figures or portraits: a generic painter, two fishermen and a bus conductor, drawn simply and with dignity.
• An original everyday scene (painting stall, pirogue, car rapide, baobab), with no copied work by real painters.
• Wolof only in checked words: “Neex” and “Neex na!” (what a treat!).

The HTML

What you download

• A single index.html file with nothing to install: open it, swap in your brand and copy, and upload it to your hosting.
• In English and Spanish, tested on desktop and mobile.
• Instructions for changing copy, colors, language and prices, plus its license.