This is the view from Scubby’s Point looking south across the silty and
choppy waters of the mighty Saugeen River. The tugboat “Pride” was our companion and the sixth demo piece for the “Making Waves on Chantry” course. Bold strokes and some colour - fun..
I turned my easel to face northward along the Southampton shore. A
quasi-stationary front stretching west to east across the tip of the
Bruce Peninsula was a focus for several thunderstorms. This particular
thunderstorm developed an overshooting top as I painted. It collapsed
about an hour later and got lost in the haze over the horizon. The
lowering evident in the painting was possibly a shelf cloud from the
forward flank rain and downdraft. There was no evidence of any rotation
in the lowering or cell although it was a long way to the north and
tough to identify even under ideal conditions.
I set up my easel on the very edge of Lake Huron with the waves lapping
at the legs. The off shore land breeze was still blowing and chilly
enough to cause people to wear jackets - not me. The gulls kept me
company until my participants started to arrive around 8 am. The land
breeze cumulus clouds were starting to break up as the winds turned to
onshore. 
I set up my easel on the more stable shore of Chantry Island. Keeping
the sun on my back, I painted the Southampton shore line. Cumulus
clouds were well established along the lake breeze convergence line.
Some thin cirrus completed the sky. Westerly onshore breezes off the
cool waters of Lake Huron kept the temperature very comfortable.
This is the first demo piece for the “Making Waves on Chantry” course.
We have an excellent group of 11 participants! I resisted the urge to
polish the painting and left it just the way it honestly came off the
easel. I painted this from the floating dock. It was like painting from
the back of a bucking horse.
