limner
/ˈlɪmnər/
noun
- A person who draws or paints pictures, especially in a simple or decorative style.
- She became a limner, traveling from town to town painting portraits.
- The old limner mixed his own paints from crushed minerals and egg yolk.
- The limner carefully added gold leaf to the border of the manuscript.
- A person who describes or portrays something vividly in words.
- The poet was a limner of everyday beauty, finding magic in a rain puddle.
- As a limner of city life, he captured the energy of crowded streets.
- The travel writer acted as a limner, painting scenes with words.