The Wizard of Art

Instructor Lucinda Keller, left, helps Shelby O’Connell, 14, with her piece during an art class at the Wizard of Art in Los Feliz.

Paul Eventoff, instructor, picks out brushes for his students during his art class. He and his wife opened the Los Feliz art school in 1996.

Paul Eventoff, shows painting techniques to a student during an art class. Over the years, some of his students have gone on to art school and became artists and teachers.

Chloe Hoffmann, 13, works on her watercolor painting during an art class at the Wizard of Art, in the Los Feliz.

Shelby O’Connell, 14, blow dries her water color painting during an art class at the Wizard of Art, in Los Feliz.