Vertical Storm Spiral Above a Coastal Lighthouse
lighthouse · vertical art · gouache · coastal storm
Compose a swirling storm painting in a 9:16 portrait format for a vertical social story. Place a small stone lighthouse near the bottom right on an empty coastal headland, with winding steps leading upward from the foreground. Let the storm climb through the frame as a towering spiral, its curved cloud bands echoing the coastline below. Use gouache on textured paper, combining opaque charcoal masses with pale seafoam edges and tiny warm windows. Leave the uppermost area relatively uncluttered so the vertical composition remains readable on a small screen. The mood is watchful rather than catastrophic, with no damaged structures, and the painting contains no lettering.