🌉🖌️Bridge-building in progress… pixel by pixel. What kind of bridge would you build if you could dream it into being? #fantasyart #behindthescenes #wip #magical #artprocess #digitalpainting #artistlife #cozyvibes #autumnart #creativejourney #mossybridge #storyworlds #imaginativeart #kidlitart

If a giant squirrel invited you to read in it's cozy autumn nest… would you say yes? ‘Cozy Read’ is soaking up the fall sunshine on my desk today! ✨🐿️📚🍂 Buy it here: ldiehl.com/shop/gicle-a... #CozyRead #FantasyArt #AutumnVibes #BookishFantasy #WhimsicalArt

Leaf by leaf and stone by stone, the bridge comes alive… This is the quiet part of the process, where patience does the real magic. 🌿✨🪨 #wip #behindthescenes #fantasyart #digitalpainting #processpeek #moss

🐟️✨️Golden Fish✨️🐟️⁠ ⁠ A wish. A splish. A golden fish⁠ ⁠ Misty, silver, dreamy moon⁠ Turquoise scent of hushed lagoon⁠ ⁠ Bob of lily-leaves so green⁠ The glassy lap, waters serene⁠... Read on: ldiehl.com/magical-ocea... #magical #fantasyart #art #artist #kidlitart #poetry #imaginativerealism

Sharing a small key to something new... ✨️😉🗝️ #thresholds #art #artist #fantasyart #magicalart #visionaryart #soulart #SecretKey #MagicInTheMaking

Moss & light unfolding on the canvas today… tiny sprouts growing into a new world. 🌿✨ Shop’s newly open with prints, zines + more → ldiehl.com/shop #timelapse #fantasyart #art #artist #moss #fantasy #arttimelapse

My online shop is now open! ✨ Prints, cards & zines woven with light, moss & starlight. 🌿💫 Take a peek: ldiehl.com/shopnav #artshop #artist #art #indyartist #illustrator #fantasyillustration #fantasy

Does your Wednesday need some fishy-corns? 🤪 #art #artist #arttimelapse #fishart #unicornart #artvideo

✨️🍑Peach Witch🍑✨️⁠ The languid murmur of leaves⁠ On a gooey cobbler day⁠ In the deepest drone of summer⁠ Steeps the stories of sweet souls⁠ More: ldiehl.com/gentle-giant... ⁠ #art #artist #peaches #bee #beeart #fantasyart #fantasy #digitalart #painting #kidlitart #kidlit #poetry #noai⁠

Amber lights are twinkling Glinting in the gloaming Padding on the mossy floor Her fairy feet are roaming Craggy branches, needles Tickle as she passes Shivering her mothy wings Like gentle winds through grasses ✨️✨️✨️⁠ Shop: ldiehl.com/shopnav #art #artist #zine #artshop #fantasyart #poetryandart

“When you’re touched by magic, nothing’s ever quite the same again. What really makes me sad is all those people who never have the chance to know that touch. They’re too busy... so they shut the door without really knowing it was there to be opened in the first place.” ― Charles de Lint #magic

💎✨️Guardian of the Crystals✨️💎⁠ #poppylullaby #fantasyart #fantasy #kidlitart #kidlit #owl #magical #noai

A favorite summer page from Morsels #3! ✨️⁠ Buy the zine: ldiehl.com/shop/fairy-t... ⁠ #dandelions #dandelion #fantasy #fantasyart #magical #ghibli #kidlit #kidlitart #noai #zine

“A singer paints a canvas with sound.” #quote #artquote #fantasyart #fantasy #crystals #singing #noai #amethyst

✨️🎵Poppy Lullaby🎵✨️⁠ ⁠ Gibbous silver moon above⁠ Fields of ruby red⁠ The smallest of the hours⁠ When all the world’s in bed⁠... ⁠ ⁠https://ldiehl.com/little-folk/poppy-lullaby #art #artist #poppies #owls #fantasyart #summerart #poetry #poem #photoshop #illustration #noai⁠

Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home. —Sylvia Earle⁠ ⁠ #quote #ocean #beachy #rest #sanddollar #illustration #art #artist #noai #artanimation

“Shine like the whole universe is yours.” – Rumi⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #artquote #rumi #fantasyart #noai

✨️🌻Sunflower Wish🌻✨️⁠ ⁠ As evening falls, she wanders⁠ The starlit sunflower field⁠ Petals sway to brush the stars⁠ Discs ripe with summer yield⁠ ⁠ Read More: ldiehl.com/little-folk/... ⁠ #sunflower #sunflowers #artist #art #kidlit #kidlitart #poetry #poem #fantasyart #floralart #summer #magical #noai

😄Waves shoot high above her⁠ Showering her craft with light⁠ An echo of her fiery soul⁠ She smiles with delight😄⁠ Read More: ldiehl.com/magical-ocea... ⁠ #kidlitart #kidlit #fantasyart #ocean #beachy #noai⁠

What's your dandelion wish? ✨️⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #fantasyart #fantasy #magical #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #ghibli #noai

“Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.” —Christy Ann Martine⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #qutoes #beachy #ocean #christyannmartine #dance #yoga #waves #noai

✨Inner Radiance✨ #art #artist #peace #meditation #glow #fantasyart #kidlitart #kidlit #photoshop #noai #beachy #summerart

Moon Nectar is available as a magical giclée print! 🌙 Buy it here: lauradiehlart.etsy.com/listing/4332... #art #artist #artprint #illustration #hummingbirds #hummingbird #kidlitart #floralart #animalart #fantasyart #starryart #moonart #noai

With a coo she gestures Tilting liquid gold to drip To meet its tiny seeking beak And let it take a sip #art #artist #poem #illustration #fantasyart #kidlitart #kidlit #poetry #noai #hummingbird

Back from Gen Con 2025. I had a great first time showing there! All the people who stopped by were so kind and supportive and I sold so many prints, cards, zines, etc. Thank you!! I hope to be back next year! 🤞💖 #gencon #gencon2025 #genconartshow

Time-lapse painting of a hummingbird! #art #artist #timelapse #arttimelapse #hummingbird #digitalart #photoshop #digitalpainting #noai #birdart

"I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats." —Eckhart Tolle #cat #cats #catart #catquote #eckharttolle #zen #quote

🏮Lantern Cat🏮 Twinkling, twinkling, rising high The lanterns waft into the sky The gold and amber of their glow Reflects on rocky cliffs below Read Poem: ldiehl.com/gentle-giant... #poem #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #cat #lanterns #catart #fantasyart #summerart #noai

The evolution of Lantern Cat. 🏮 #cat #cats #catart #arttimelapse #timelapse #photoshop #fantasyart #noai

What's your current summer read? 🏖️📖 #summer #reading #summerread #fantasyart #noai #bookish #booklover #kidlitart #kidlit

All of the prints that I'm bringing to GenCon laid out. Hope many find homes there! 🤞🖼️⁠ ⁠ #prints #artprints #gencon #gencon2025 #genconartshow #art #artist #fantasyart #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

Painting a fantasy reef...⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #arttimelapse #fantasyart #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator #photoshop #wacom #digitalart

SO. MANY. CARDS. (Laying out all of my greeting cards in preparation for GenCon! Hope to see you there! 😊💌) #cards #greetingcards #gencon #gencon2025 #genconartshow #art #artist #fantasyart #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

📚️🪸Readaway Reef🪸📚️ Readaway, readaway, Readaway Reef! Suspend, suspend Your disbelief! Read Poem: ldiehl.com/magical-ocea... #art #artist #poem #fantasyart #kidlitart #kidlit #humanartist #noai #bookish #reader #bookart #booklover #summerreading #summerread

Aegean Princess the bookmark! 🔖 #bookmark #fantasyart #summerreading #booklover #bookish #bookgift #bookish #booksky #ocean #shellart

Who doesn't love a 'bale' of baby sea turtles? 😉 #seaturtle #ocean #beachy #beachyart #turtles #babyturtles

Watch me paint a baby hummingbird! 🥰⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #kidlitart #kidlit #timelapse #arttimelapse #hummingbird #digitalart #photoshop #digitalpainting #noai

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi⁠ #quote #artquote #rumi #heart #hummingbird #art #artist #kidlitart #fantasyart #creatureart #noai

🌒Moon Nectar🌒 A charm of weightless hummingbirds A glittering, shimmering, tune Flutters right before her eyes To hover ‘fore the moon... Read Poem: ldiehl.com/little-folk/... #art #artist #fantasyart #fantasy #hummingbirds #moon #moonart #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #poem #poetry #noai

Galaxy Bubbles for your walls! 🫧 Shop: lauradiehlart.etsy.com/listing/1493... #artprint #etsyshop #fantasyart #illustration #kidlitart #art #artist #artprint #beachyart #beachart #noai

What's your dandelion wish? ✨️⁠ ⁠ #dandelion #summer #wish #kidlitart #kidlit #fantasyart #werble #ghibli

Painting Fox Fairy and Ruby with some morning glories. #arttimelapse #art #artist #digitalart #photoshop #wacom #fox #ladybug #floralart #fantasyart #kidlitart #timelapse

🌊Sand Dollar🌊 The sea about her churns and sprays Surging, sloshing, rising waves Emerald spray of salty swells Deep crashing tones like mighty bells Read More: ldiehl.com/magical-ocea... #noai #humanartist #sanddollar #ocean #art #artist #summer #kidlitart #kidlit #poetry #fantasyart

I do love painting cute kittens! 🥰⁠ ⁠ #timelapse #arttimelapse #cuteart #kitten #cat #illustration #kidlitart #art #artist #photoshop #wacom

Summer Greeting Cards are here!! 😎 #summer #stationary #greetingcard #artcard #illustration #card #fantasyart #art #artist #beachy

A little summer for your walls. 🌞 Buy here: lauradiehlart.etsy.com/listing/5742... #artprint #print #art #artist #noai #etsyshop #summerart #fantasyart #illustration #beachdecor

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." —Ralph Waldo Emerson #quote #emerson #artquote #summer #art #artist #kidlitart #noai #summerquote #sea

Happy Summer Solstice!! 🐟️🐚🌞 #kidlitart #fantasyart #illustration #shellart #kidlit #summer #summersolstice #noai #aegean #art #artist

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein #artquote #inspiring #miracle #uplifting #catart #kitten #bubble #noai #einstein #art #artist #digitalart #kidlitart #kidlit

A little time-lapse of me painting a cute kitten! 🐱⁠ ⁠ #art #artist #digitalart #painting #arttimelapse #noai #cuteart #cat #kitten #catart #fantasyart #photoshop #wacom