 There were only eighteen students in the school of fine arts, and only two worked in sculpture but Sanchez saw this as an advantage because he and another student had the workshop for sculpture all to themselves.Sanchez worked for a publicity agency in 1963, and in 1969 he completed his studies in the School of Fine Arts ("Escuela de Bellas Artes") at the "Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú" (UNCP) in Huancayo, Peru.The beginning of Sanchez's journey as an artist was not easy, and at his first exhibition in Lima, his paintings were severely criticized by critics for his use of color.