Hey there Riddley,
Thanks for contributing this. Unfortunately it is too simplistic to merit a full tutorial. We appreciate the effort it took to create the tutorial, but there are many simple ways to create such a result.
Please use SEARCH ( http://searchpaint.net/ ) before you post a tutorial. Doing so would have yielded this thread where several techniques for creating sand are listed: http://forums.getpai...t-request-sand/
Please also read our Tutorial Guidelines (in particular 4, 5a & 6 ).
Don't be downhearted that I've closed this thread. I'm sure we'll hear great things from you before too long
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