Winsor & Newton Lifting Preparation Medium

Winsor & Newton Lifting Preparation Medium

Winsor & Newton Lifting Preparation is a specialised watercolour medium designed to make dried watercolour easier to lift from the paper surface. Applied before painting, it creates a gentle barrier that allows artists to remove or lighten colour with far greater control — perfect for creating highlights, soft transitions, and subtle corrections.

This medium is especially useful for techniques that require clean lifting, such as atmospheric effects, clouds, reflections, and fine detail adjustments. Once dry, it does not alter the appearance of the paper, but it ensures that colour can be lifted without damaging the surface.

A valuable tool for watercolourists who want more flexibility, precision, and control in their work.

Key Features

• Prepares paper for easier colour lifting

• Allows controlled removal or lightening of dried watercolour

• Ideal for highlights, soft edges, and corrections

• Helps protect the paper surface during lifting

• Dries clear without altering paper appearance

• Suitable for detailed and atmospheric watercolour techniques

Ideal For

• Creating clean, crisp highlights in finished paintings

• Softening edges in skies, clouds, and water reflections

• Correcting small mistakes without damaging the paper

• Lifting pigment for layered or atmospheric effects

• Artists who glaze or build up multiple transparent layers

• Watercolourists who want more control over tonal adjustments