limn

Verb

  1. trace the shape of
  2. make a portrait of; “Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba”

From LookUp: Verb

  1. Art Literary depict or describe in painting or words Miss Read limns a gentler world in her novels

suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold