On a quiet beach, where waves constantly reshape the shoreline, one artist creates enormous works of art knowing they will eventually disappear. Jim Denevan does not use traditional canvases, paint, ...

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 ...

After School BeginsAfter school, Momo was lining up small bags on her desk.Red, blue, yellow, and green.Daigo asked curiously ...

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 ...

An artist in Ireland creates mind-blowing optical illusions out of sand — and then watches them wash away. Manuel Frolich enjoys going to the beach, but he doesn’t just lounge around like most people.

If you’ve been frequenting the sandy beaches along the rugged, Welsh Pembrokeshire Coast in Britain, you might have noticed some mysterious shapes appearing in the sand. These intricate murals are ...

Tony Plant makes art that’s meant to be washed away. He starts with an empty beach. And he uses simple tools like garden rakes to create amazing, gigantic drawings like this: He’s been doing this for ...

[Ivan] seems to enjoy making 3D printed vehicles with tracks. His latest one uses 50 servo motors to draw patterns in the sand at the beach. You can see it work in the video below. Well, more ...