Storm painting?

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Basically I have got to paint a storm for an exam.
Anyone have any ideas about what I can include?
I was thinking blowing trees in the front and grey clouds with lighting as the background.. maybe an umbrella blowing in the wind...
 
Basically I like your idea v. much - trees blowing in the foreground and lightening cutting across a grey skey. But I'm not sure that I would depict the whole length of the trees (although that could be alright), instead you could paint right in the front of the picture ust the swaying upper trunks, branches and leaves. I I dont think that an umbrella will add anything to your composition.
It might be worth while to look up paintings by Japanese artist Hiroshige and see how he puts trees into his paintings.
If you want another suggestion you could paint a lighthouse, its beams illuminating a stormy sea. The sky could be as you suggest with lightening streaking across it. Another addition to this picture, might be a boat tossing in the great waves.
 
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