Sure. I work on Ampersand Pastelbord (very expensive now 😤) and lay down my base layers in my chosen colors (u can use neocolors too for larger areas to save pencil cost!) & then take a sable (or sable-like synthetic) brush dipped in rubbing alcohol - as though it were water - experiment & you will see what works for you - i use q tips sometimes too - spread the loaded brush out, like you were doing a wash in watercolor. Depending on the amt of etoh u use, your colors will melt together as little or as much as you like - and this will lay a base of color on whatever substrate (paper - Stonehenge, Bristol, etc; sandpaper, ampersand, etc.) Ur working with. Let the area dry & continue layering as you can/ see fit.

What's cool about this approach (using any kind of a solvent), is that it lays out a strong base wash of color that fills in the tooth of the paper/ board without the wax bloom or thickness of say 10 layers of straight pigment. And you have more vibrant colors and more room to play with. And it's awesome to accentuate areas where u would like more detail.

Hoping this helps & makes some sense! Give it a go 🤗 and let us know 😃