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"Kimple Non-Fire Color Chart "

Selection

Bisque Stains - Water Base
- Kimple water based Opaque Colors are rich and creamy for consistent one coat coverage. Perfect for drybrushing and painting on ceramics.
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Paste Oil Base Antiquing
- Kimple paste oil based Antiques can add subtle color to enrich base coats, create a translucent effect, or help you to achieve a deep color.
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Intense Translucents
- Kimple Intense Translucents are an oil based product that can be used to create a variety of different effects.
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To top things off right, use our Metallic and Specialty products and don't forget to seal them with Perfect Matte Spray to make that finish last forever.
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Metallic
General Products

No matter what effect you are looking for, Kimple's quality color products will help you express your creativity like no other color line can! " Welcome to Kimple Non-Fire colors "

Painting Terms and Abbreviations

Antique- A general term meaning to apply a color product to the ceramic piece and then using a quality paper towel or soft cloth, wipe back the product from the piece to desired intensity. Antiquing is done with opaques, metallics and translucents in the techniques that follow. When antiquing with opaques and metallics, be sure to work in small sections and wipe the color back quickly to prevent the color from drying before wiping back. Water can be used to help wipe back water-based and water-soluble color products. Antique Media and Antique Solvent can be used to help wipe back oil-based products.

Apply- Use a brush of appropriate size and shape (this will vary with color product and area of application) to move color product from pallet to the given ceramic area.

BC-Basecoat- Use a quality large soft brush to apply 2 thorough smooth coats of given color product to bisque. It is essential that the piece is covered both completely and smoothly. Be sure to work out any brush strokes before the color product has dried. An airbrush can also be used when applying a basecoat.

Blush- Very lightly drybrush indicated color product to create a very slight coloring effect. This term is most often used in reference to applying color to cheeks, above eyes, paw pads or tummies. Detail- Carefully apply designated colors to the fine details given. Refer to the catalog photo for exact positioning.

Dot- With the use of a dotting tool or a round toothpick apply color in a uniform “swiss dot” pattern.

DB-Drybrush- Dip a stiff round brush of appropriate size into the selected color. With a vigorous “figure 8” motion, wipe a great deal of the color product back out of the tip of the brush onto a paper towel. Stroke the brush rapidly back and forth across the texture of the ceramic piece. Your goal in drybrushing is to color the high ridges and details more intensely then the lower grooves. It is important to monitor the amount of color product on your brush at all times. Too much color can fill the grooves and not enough color can lead to a rough surface texture (chalky) from over stroking.

Flick- Use a small detail brush to apply a small stroke of indicated color to area. Many times more then one small stroke of color will need to be “flicked” into an area to achieve desired effect.

Float- Using a water moistened filbert or square shader brush, load one side of the brush with thinned color product. Stroke the brush briefly onto the pallet to slightly distribute color across the brush. Contact the ceramic piece with the color-loaded edge of the brush closest to the ceramic feature to be enhanced and make an even brush stroke following the contours. This technique may require some practice on a pallet or tile. The goal in floating is to use a shaded brush stroke, fading from an intense edge to a less intensely colored edge across the brush to enhance shadows and contours on the ceramic piece.

HL-Highlighting- This term is often used to indicate drybrushing or rouging with a VERY light hand. When you highlight with a color product, your goal is to gingerly drybrush or rouge this color in a designated area for a subtle coloring effect. The HL abbreviation is also used in techniques to designate eye highlights. To create an eye highlight, apply a dot of given color using a dotting tool or a toothpick to the upper section of iris. When highlighting eyes, be careful to place the dot of color in the same position and angle on both the left and right eye. Line- Using a detail brush, paint lines of color onto indicated areas. Referring to the catalog picture is often helpful. Paint- Use a brush of appropriate size to carefully and completely apply the indicated color products to designated ceramic areas.

PB-Pat Back- After applying the indicated Intense Translucent, Use a cloth or quality paper towel and wipe or pat back the applied color to desired intensity.

Rouge- Use a quality paper towel wrapped around an index finger to apply an additional Intense Translucent color to an initial color, by tipping the towel wrapped finger with a small amount of the selected Intense Translucent from your pallet. Rub the color first onto a clean area of your pallet and then onto the desired area of the piece. The rouged color will highlight the raised areas while leaving the crevices with initial color. Shade- Stipple or float given color product to create the illusion of a shadow to enhance the designated ceramic feature. Slashes- This term is used to refer to the small stroke of color placed below the pupil in the iris of an eye. A thin slash of color should be placed along the contour of the pupil at a direct angle below a highlight dot. The highlight dot indicates a reflection of light from the eye surface and a slash of color below indicates the light shining through the pupil into the iris. (used in techniques concerning feathers.)

Touch-up- Apply the given color onto the indicated area to conceal any incidental color overflows or strokes common in wetbrushing and drybrushing.

WB-Wetbrush- Like drybrushing, this technique requires the wiping out of color product from a stiff round brush. However, in wetbrushing, you will leave a considerable amount of color in your brush. The goal in wetbrushing is to create a smooth intense color with less gradation from light to dark then in drybrushing. This technique is selected many times when the artist wants to bring a dark smooth surface up to a bright intensity with out the “chalky-ness” often accompanying drybrushing.

Wipe Back- Similar to Pat Back, but if a less intense color is desired, use water or Antique Media to wipe back color.

**Bisque Stains - Water Base**
**2 OZ JARS - $2.95**
ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION	ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION
900		White	901		Bone
902		Black	903		Smoke
904		Light Grey	905		Rich Brown
906		Cocoa Brown	907		Caramel
908		Tawny Beige	909		Gentle Flesh
910		Scarlet Red	911		Country Rust
912		Wine	913		Blush
914		Dusty Rose	915		Light Pink
916		Sunset Orange	917		Pumpkin
918		Forest Green	919		Clover Green
920		Moss Green	921		Pea Pod
922		Navy Blue	923		Intense Blue
924		Teal Blue	925		Medium Blue
926		Country Blue	927		Aqua
928		Sweet Violet	930		Sun Ray
931		Medium Yellow	932		Blueberry
933		Little Boy Blue	934		Just Peachy
936		Raspberry Sherbet	938		Fawn
939		Warm Beige	940		Toffee
941		Light Terra	942		Raspberry Light
943		Barn Red	954		Medium Brown
946		Whisper Blue	947		Burnt Brown
948		Bamboo Beige	949		Hunter Green
950		Victorian Clay	951		Navajo
952		Crimson	953		Vanilla
954		Medium Brown

**Paste Oil Base Antiquing**
**1 OZ JARS - $2.75**
ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION	ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION
1001		Shimmering Bark	1003		Shimmering Teak
1005		Shimmering Blue	1007		Royalty Red
1010		Shimmering Black

**Metallic**
ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION	ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION
971		Gold - Water Base 2 oz. jar $3.40	972		Silver - Water Base 2 oz. jar $3.40
973		New Penny - Water Base 2 oz. jar $3.40	990		Silver - Oil Base 1 oz. jar $6.65
975		Gold Brilliant - Oil Base 1 oz. jar $6.65	978		Midas Touch - Oil Base 1 oz. jar $2.65

Basic Instructions for Using Kimple Intense Translucents

1. Basecoat bisque carefully cleaned and fired bisque with #750 Bisque Primer. Using a Kimple “I.T.” sable filbert brush and cover bisque smoothly and thoroughly with 2 coats.

2. After basecoat is dry, apply desired Intense Translucent to bisque using a Kimple “I.T.” sable filbert brush to appropriate area.

3. Using a cloth or quality paper towel, wipe or pat back the applied color to desired intensity. If a less intense color is desired, use water or Antique Media to pat back color. Using water to wipe back will pull more color off of the piece then the use of Antique Media will. Antique Media will blend the color more subtilely.

4. If desired, using either of the following methods, apply another color of Intense Translucents to this initial color: --Rouging- To use a towel to apply additional colors to the initial color, tip a section of towel with a small amount of the selected Intense Translucent from your pallet. Rub the color onto a clean area of your pallet to distribute the color evenly into the towel tip. Then rub the color onto the desired area of the ceramic piece. -Applying color with a towel creates a highlighted or “rouged” effect. --Brush Application- To use a brush to apply additional color to the initial color, simply use a Kimple “I.T.” sable filbert brush to apply the desired color to the selected area and pat the color back with a towel. -Applying color with a brush removes more of the initial translucent then rouging, resulting in a more vivid secondary color.

5. After every area of the piece has been completed carefully spray the piece with Perfect Matte fixative in a well ventilated area. Do not over apply the fixative. Intense Translucents will remain slightly tacky until dry and fixed with a sealer.

**Intense Translucents, oil base**
**1/2 OZ JARS - $2.90**
ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION	ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION
700		White	701		Black
702		Walnut also #740 2 oz. jar $5.75	703		Spiced Brown
704		Taupe	705		Ruby
706		Tangerine	707		Evergreen
708		Emerald	709		Topaz
710		Sunshine	711		Sapphire
712		Amethyst	713		Primrose
714		Teal	715		Burgundy
716		Angel Flesh	717		Mushroom
718		Amber	719		Ebony

Other Tips and Hints

*#702 Walnut applied as the initial translucent followed by variously selected and applied Intense Translucent colors is a very effective technique to achieve deep rich colors often desired in old world santas, wildlife and Native American pieces.

*Any of the Intense Translucent colors can by diluted with water to create lovely washed finishes. They can also be used to create fascinating and creative “brush stroke” pieces.

*An intriguing opalescent effect can be obtained by mixing any of the Intense Translucent colors with #971 Water Based Gold or #972 Water Based Silver. The mixing ratio will vary depending upon the color intensity desired. This mixture can then be applied to the ceramic piece as an opaque colorant or wiped back before drying to create the effect of an opalescent antique. When combining water based metallics with Intense Translcuents you must be aware that the water based metallic mixture will dry before the piece is fixed with a spray.

**General Products / Specialty**
ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION	ITEM NO.	Color Tile	DESCRIPTION
750 -------- 751		Bisque Primer 4 oz. -- $3.65 8 oz. -- $5.75	763		Antique Media 8 oz. -- $5.90
761		Perfect Matte Spray 12 oz. can -- $6.25	770		Intense Translucents KIT Kit holds includes 20 Colors (most popular antiquing color), Bisque Primer & Antique Media (no Spray); In short, every color product you would need to complete most of our translucent projects. $65.00
970		Glossy Sealer - water base Brush on 2 oz. jar -- $2.05	974		Brush On Sparkle - water base 2 oz. jar -- $2.90 Good stuff : Can be watered down for a sparkling wash, drys clear
976		Winter Snow - water base 2 oz. jar -- $2.65	977		Ultra Glitz 1 oz. jar -- $3.15
969	Click here	Magic Glow - water base 2 oz. jar -- $4.85	Magic Glow - Semi-transparent glow in the dark top coat........		Magic Glow - The best glow in the dark effect can be achieved by applying 2-3 coats of Magic Glow over areas painted with a light color. This product is sure to be a hit at Halloween and all year around with kids and those young at heart.