Art | Definition of Art by Merriam-Webster’

...“Something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings”...

In the above definition of art there are three important words skill, imagination and beauty

Skill

The skill is essentially that of drawing or sketching

If you paint realistically you are using drawing skills

This involves precise observation; understanding shapes, sizes and proportions,

and being able to draw perspective which shows depth and distance.

You could be very accomplished at drawing accurately but essentially there is no art in it.

It is pure observation.. It is copying something that already exists ..

Imagination

Imagination is what you bring to the task

You apply your thought processes to the image and create a WOW* factor by changing, arranging, adapting or applying unique treatments and colours to the subject matter.

Beauty

The third important word in the definition is beauty

If you can take a very mundane subject and turn it into a work of beauty you are an artist

Are you a drawer or sketcher ?

Are you an imaginative or creative artist?

Which would you like to be?

Which do you prefer: Realism or Imaginative Painting?

'The more imagination the better the Art'