Painting outside for the first time in a long time was wonderful. I took Betty Sheltons watercolor class last semester at the Laguna College of Art and Design and it was truly beneficial. With the proper tools and tricks given to me by Betty I was more confident to go out and do some landscape painting. I was amazing how relaxing it was. The sound of the birds, friends from school chatting, laughing, or quietly painting away, the wind blowing, people walking by, even the soun