dauber

1. (derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.Examples: "After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work."; "I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more."; "I'm not a good painter; I'm a dauber who can get a good likeness. Van Gogh or Cézanne would never have made it; I was given a bottle of Beaujolais and a set of directions."Synonyms: alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingersderogatory

2. (copperplate printing) A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.Synonyms: dabber, inkball

3. (archaic) A low and gross flatterer.archaic