Foolhardy artist's hot-headed (4)
I believe the answer is:
rash
'foolhardy' is the definition.
(I know that foolhardy can be written as rash)
'artist's hot-headed' is the wordplay.
'artist's' becomes 'RA's' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'hot-headed' becomes 'h' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'ras'+'h'='RASH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rash that I've seen before include "Precipitate" , "sign of irritation?" , "(Armed) incursion (into another country)" , "Impulsive, hasty" , "Hives" .)