Drink brought to artist: it creates picture (8)
I believe the answer is:
portrait
'picture' is the definition.
(I know that portrait is a type of likeness)
'drink brought to artist it' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of drink).
'brought to' says to put letters next to each other.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'port'+'ra'+'it'='PORTRAIT'
'creates' is the link.
(Other definitions for portrait that I've seen before include "Oil perhaps" , "Person's picture" , "(Person's) painting" , "characteristic depiction" , "Painting of a real person" .)