One painting a picture of small home surrounded by woodland creatures (9)
I believe the answer is:
describer
'one painting a picture' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'small home surrounded by woodland creatures' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'home' becomes 'crib' (informal term for someone's home).
'surrounded by' indicates putting letters inside.
'woodland creatures' becomes 'deer' (I've seen this in another clue).
's'+'crib'='scrib'
'scrib' placed into 'deer' is 'DESCRIBER'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for describer that I've seen before include "chap painting a picture?" , "One gives account" .)