The Israel Sanchez Bliog

Crazy 4 Cult.

2009-07-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

Hi. Here's my painting for Thursday's "Crazy 4 Cult" show at Gallery 1988. Cool preview pieces are on their blog. This year's opening will be hosted by Weird Al Yankovic!

Where The Wild Things Are painting

2009-06-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

Here's the finished painting. I like the idea of Max's room turning into the forest without him having to go through a door or portal. Here's the "Terrible Yellow Eyes" blog again, Cory Godbey just added a bunch of new work since last time. Justin Gerard's blows me away, I hope he makes a print of it.

"Wild Things" Sketch

2009-06-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

I'm finishing up a "Where The Wild Things Are" painting for the Terrible Yellow Eyes blog. This is one of the sketches I started off with to get the juices flowing. I'll post the painting soon.

Jab Strong Fierce

2009-05-13T19:02:00.000-07:00

I finally got a scan of my painting, "18 Years Later", for the "Jab Strong Fierce" show at Gallery Nucleus. What would happen if Guile and Blanka saw each other at a bar today?

Idiot Box at 1988

2009-04-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

Almost forgot to mention the "Idiot Box" show at Gallery 1988. This show celebrates guilty pleasure TV shows, not sure if "The Twilight Zone" counts as guilty pleasure but I picked "To Serve Man", one of the best episodes.

The painting got purchased and mentioned by Harry Knowles at Ain't It Cool News, so that's cool.

On The Scaly Shoulders Of Giants

2009-03-31T16:02:00.000-07:00

The show is up! I've posted many of the paintings on this blog but you can check out the rest here. This one is called "Rumble Time."

Smaug

2009-03-24T17:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring, here's another painting for my upcoming Gallery1988.5 online show called "On The Scaly Shoulders Of Giants." The show is up on March 28th.

Snow Paintings

2009-02-18T03:04:00.000-08:00

I really like painting snow scenes. I'm pretty sure it goes back to visiting my cousin in snowy Wrightwood, CA when I was a kid, and of course the Hoth scenes from "The Empire Strikes Back."

The Giant's Lair

2009-02-03T16:10:00.000-08:00

Here's a new painting for an upcoming show. It's gouache on paper but the tree guy is a piece of cut out paper to make him stand out a bit more.

Monsters Vs. Aliens

2009-01-29T17:55:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm finishing up a painting to post soon but until then I wanted to let you all know that at the beginning of the Super Bowl half-time a commercial for the new movie "Monsters Vs. Aliens" will air. My friend Josh Pruett was a story artist on the movie which is very cool. Like the movie the spot will be in 3-D which you need glasses for, which you can pick up at most grocery stores, which is where you need to go anyway because you are probably out of milk.

Under the Influence: A Tribute to The Beastie Boys

2009-01-06T19:23:00.000-08:00

UPDATE! See the show is online here.

This Thursday night "Under the Influence" opens at Gallery 1988, this year we are honoring The Beastie Boys.

"Licensed To Ill" was THE album to have in sixth grade at Benito Juarez Elementary in Anaheim and "Paul Revere" was THE song to have memorized, then why did I pick to paint "Intergalactic"? I don't know.

I'll put up a link to the show when it goes online so you can check check check it out in the comfort of your own home. Oh yeah, I picked "Intergalactic" so I could paint a robot alien.

Character Doodles

2008-12-30T16:17:00.000-08:00

Here's a page of characters done for fun.

And check out this cool Flickr set of kid game cards.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-18T10:49:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas and all that stuff!

New Painting and Many Thanks

2008-12-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

A brand new painting of some Ents doing their thing.

Here's a link to some pictures of the "Hey You Guys!" event, thanks to Buz Carter for posting them. And thanks to everyone who made it out that night, it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Watching "The Goonies" on the big screen so cool! With a raffle and art auction happening before the movie there was a lot going on but the whole night went smoothly. "Hey You Guys!" raised over $2000 for Donors Choose.

Special thanks to Sean Szeles and Kellie Smith for helping out with the auction. Each of the organizers was reponsible for getting a few artists to contribute artwork and the two of them created a couple of beautiful "The Neverending Story" pieces for us.

We are already talking about doing the event again with another movie!

"Hey You Guys!" Auction is Up!

2008-11-11T17:28:00.001-08:00

The charity art auction for our "Hey You Guys!" event is up and running, you can see and bid on artwork here. This is my item, a Mama Fratelli wooden figure, everything starts at $50 so head over and see if anything catches your eye.

A reminder that this Saturday we'll be screening "The Goonies" at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena. You'll be able to see the artwork in person and after the screening we'll be raffling off some great prizes including items signed by the cast! All the info is here, see you there!

Lauren's Halloween Costume

2008-11-01T15:16:00.001-07:00

I hope you all had a good Halloween. Here's the costume me and my sister made for our niece Lauren.

Imaginary Friends Show

2008-11-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

I'll be showing new stuff at the "Imaginary Friends" show opening at Gallery 1988 San Francisco this coming Friday. If you're in the area come check it out, the show will also include work by Andrew Bell, Cherri Wood, Ken Garduno, Scott Campbell, and Yoskay Yamamoto. Here's one of my paintings from the show.

Hey You Guys!

2008-10-22T14:31:00.000-07:00

Announcement! On Saturday, November 15th some friends and I are putting on a charity screening of the classic movie "The Goonies" at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena. The night will include a raffle and 80's kid movie themed art auction. It all benefits "Donors Choose" a charity that buys art supplies for classrooms around the country.

The auction starts on November 10th at ttgcharity.com and will finish on the night of the event so if you have to have one of the pieces be sure to make it out to the screening so you can outbid your competition. We're also going to have some special Goonie related prizes in the raffle along with other surprises. Stay tuned for updates, I hope you all can make it out, do it for the kids!

http://ttgcharity.com/

http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html

Rialto Theater
1023 Fair Oaks Ave.
South Pasadena, CA 91030

Saturday, November 15th
7 to 11PM

Auction Artists:

Pascal Campion
Clio Chang
Phil Craven
Mike Daley
Sandra Equihua
Alex Fuentes
Ryan Hernandez
Amy Kim Kibuishi
Dana Lamb
Richard Pose
Josh Pruett
Justin Ridge
Israel Sanchez
Stephen Silver
Kellie Smith
Sean Szeles
Eren Unten

Beatles Do This!

2008-09-23T16:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece of art I just finished for the Gallery 1988 show "Cover Band". Each artist was given an album sleeve to paint on using the cover image as a starting point. I had to break out the old cel vinyls for this one. The album cover didn't take the paint easily and dried super slow (hairdrying it made the paint clump) but I'm happy with how it came out and curious to see what everyone else did. There will be 50 albums altogether all rock and roll.

The show opens on October 7th.

Nick Magazine Comic

2008-08-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

If you're in the super market anytime soon check out the new issue of "Nickelodeon Magazine" with a one page comic by me called "The Haircut." Here's the entire Act 1 to get you hooked.

Great Grand Show Online

2008-08-25T15:14:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everyone who made it out the the opening of the "Great Great Grand Show", it was a fun night and all of the artwork came together nicely. Everything is online here and most of it will be collected in a catalog coming out in early October which you can pre-order here. Thanks again, it was good seeing everyone who made it out.

The Great Great Grand Show

2008-08-12T15:10:00.000-07:00

"The Great, Great,Grand Show" opens this Saturday from 7-11 PM at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra. The show will feature new historical themed paintings by me, Scott Campbell, Jon Klassen, and Graham Annable. Graham is going to premiere a new short film called "From Whence Before Times" which I hear is the bomb. The night will include old time piano music to keep you entertained and free booze to keep you drunk. Come out, I hope to see you there!

Comic Con Book

2008-07-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here's the cover for my Comic Con Book, "The Art of Io 5." It's filled with a bunch of the artwork I've done over the past year along with some sketch pages. I'll also have five copies that come with a small character painting. Come visit me at "The Those Guys" booth 1033, books will also be available at Stuart Ng Books(5012) and the Flight Comics Booth(1228). See you there!

Wolfman

2008-07-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

Here's an updated image of my wolfman character for the "Great Grand Show" flyer. Nucleus is going to make it look like an old time ticket with die cut edges. Cool.

Great Grand Show Character Design

2008-06-17T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a character that will appear in my artwork for the upcoming "Great Grand Show" at Gallery Nucleus in August. The theme is historical artwork and I'm in the show with some super talented chaps, stay tuned.