Characteristics of poor artist (6)
I believe the answer is:
traits
'characteristics' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'poor artist' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'artist' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAITS'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for traits that I've seen before include "Characteristics, quirks" , "Features or qualities that distinguish someone's character" , "Identifying features or qualities" , "Distinguishing features" , "Characteristics, distinguishing qualities" .)