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' acts as a 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" .)