Sand Drawing: Art That Flirts With the Tide

Sand is Earth’s most democratic canvas: free, forgiving, and fiercely temporary. Draw with a stick. Erase with a wave. Repeat until sunset (or until your toes prune).

No gallery shows, no collectors—just you, the shoreline, and whatever wild lines your soul coughs up before the sea hits refresh.

How to Play in Nature’s Sketchbook

1. Steal a stick (driftwood, palm frond, your kid’s abandoned sandcastle flagpole)

2. Listen inward – the ocean’s rhythm makes great background music for your thoughts

3. Drag boldly – shallow curves for fine lines, deep gouges for drama

4. Photograph fast – your art’s lifespan is somewhere between a mayfly and a ice cube in July

The Ocean’s Etch-A-Sketch™

My Sand Scribbles
A few survivors I captured before the tide staged its heist:

"Proof I existed here, briefly, between two waves."