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I’ll debate that description. My understanding is that the difference between art and illustration is in the intended usage, not the medium. An illustration is meant to illustrate something, whether for a story, a poster, or an ad. A painting done as fine art is done as the artists desires, with unlimited creativity, often dealing more with emotion than reality. There’s obviously a lot of overlap. A painting, whether pen is used or not, can be an illustration. An illustration can be a painting, because art obviously illustrates in way a photo cannot (not that photos can’t be art, too). Many paintings succeed as both. Someone who tries to make rules to label paintings as one or the other is totally missing the point.