Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium

Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium

Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium is a professional watercolor medium designed to enhance and exaggerate granulating effects in watercolor paints. It increases pigment separation and creates textured, mottled washes, giving paintings greater depth, atmosphere, and visual interest. This medium is especially valued by watercolor artists for landscape painting, skies, stone textures, foliage, and expressive atmospheric effects.

Formulated to encourage pigments to settle unevenly across the paper surface, Granulation Medium can make non-granulating colors appear more textured while intensifying the natural granulation of already granulating pigments. The medium works best when mixed directly with watercolor paint in place of some or all of the water normally used during painting.

Suitable for use with all watercolor paints, Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium performs particularly well on cold-pressed and rough watercolor paper, where surface texture enhances the granulating effect. It maintains transparency while adding distinctive visual texture and separation within washes.

Key Features

• Enhances and exaggerates watercolor granulation effects
• Encourages pigment separation and textured washes
• Adds atmospheric and organic texture to paintings
• Can increase granulation in normally smooth pigments
• Maintains watercolor transparency and luminosity
• Works well on rough and cold-pressed watercolor paper
• Professional-quality watercolor painting medium

Ideal For

• Watercolor painting
• Landscape and nature artwork
• Atmospheric skies and textured surfaces
• Stone, foliage, and earth textures
• Expressive watercolor techniques
• Enhancing pigment separation effects
• Professional and studio watercolor applications

Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium is widely used by watercolor artists seeking richer texture, enhanced pigment movement, and more expressive granulating effects in professional watercolor painting. It is ideal for creating organic surface variation, dramatic washes, and visually textured watercolor techniques.