The urge to draw images in sand, or create sand sculptures, seems to be irresistible, as a walk on many a modern beach or dune surface will show. Sand is a vast canvas – and may have been used as one ...

When strolling down the beach, there’s always an urge to draw in the sand – it seems compulsory to make your mark by inscribing something. But there’s a dilemma: how do you go about physically drawing ...

Lines in the sand tell a story at the Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibit “Sandroing: Tracing Kastom in Vanuatu” was created by Edgar Hinge, a sand drawing artist from Port Vila, Vanuatu.

The Japanese practice of drawing patterns in sand, known as “karesansui” or “dry landscape” gardening, is often associated with Zen Buddhism. These gardens are designed to embody a sense of ...