LIMN

draw

outline

describe

trace the shape of
SYN - delineate, outline

make a portrait of
SYN - depict, portray

"watching how easy it seemed to be, he had wondered why he had hired someone to limn the bowl set for him instead of doing it himself."

"all he was asking for was for her to do a simple limn of the object - not some perfect picture-like representation."

"In order to make the crime-scene come to life they made a point to limn the bodies exactly where they were when the police got there."