Sandpainting is the art of pouring colored sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or unfixed sand painting. Unfixed sand paintings have a long established cultural history in numerous social groupings around the globe, and are often temporary, ritual paintings prepared for religious or healing ceremonies. It is also referred to as drypainting.
砂絵(すなえ)とは、砂を使用して描いた絵。 色のついた砂を使用して模様を描く場合と、単色の砂に凹凸をつけて模様を描く場合とがある。