Demo was given by Pam Scesniak at Artist N' display on Caran D'Ache Supracolor(R) soft Aquarelle color pencils. See http://www.carandache.ch/m/la-couleur/artistes-et-professionnels/les-crayons/supracolor/index.lbl for more info.
She started out by taping down a 140" watercolor paper to a board, then drawing with the side of the pencil lead onto dry paper. She showed how one color could be blended into the other. You could then take a brush and wet the colors. Let the paper dry before untaping so it will dry flat and not wrinkled.
Can take a wet brush and pull off color from the pencil to use it that way. Can spatter. (Closer for tiny dense spatters, further away for bigger less dense spatters.) Then need to let pencil dry before drawing with it because the water softens the lead.
These pencils are great for plein air sketching. Just keep them shaded so hot sun doesn't soften lead. Pam splits her paper in half and does 2 sketch on one sheet. The top before noon sketch and the bottom a 2 pm sketch.
2 ways to work wet into wet: One way is to apply the pencil while the paper is glistening wet, the other is after the shine is gone. If using 300# paper can soak overnight then blot so interior is wet and outsides mostly dry.
For details can draw then go over lightly with brush to fill in paper's crevices.
Try different kinds of paper: Hot press(smoothest), Cold press and rough.
Here's a drawing I did with Supracolor and Prismacolor ( http://www.prismacolor.com/sanford/consumer/prismacolor/product/subCategory.jhtml?subCat=SNPRCat100029&countCat=SNPRCat100034 ) watercolor pencils on 140# Bienfang paper. Very bright. Thinking of going over it with pastels.
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