When people think of stress reduction, smacking a punching bag may come to mind. Or running. Or yoga, perhaps.

But according to Sue Brown Chapin, there's another way to destress.

Painting.

"When I'm painting I lose myself in the creative process and I can't think about everyday things like what to make for dinner or the reality of daily life," Brown Chapin said.

So the second-generation watercolorist decided to share her Zen with others by offering daylong painting classes, held at the Historic Scott House in Carlton.

The classes include instruction and demos, watercolor paper, hand-outs a...