Object mode to sculpt mode question

Hey I am watching the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22cESY9s3QM.
At 02:21 he does something that changes the material or shade of the mesh that he created?
I tried the shortcuts he pressed but nothing like this happened to my mesh.
So when he goes to sculpt mode a bit after,he can see the mesh with the cuts he made(with ctrl+R) but in my mesh they are not visible.Any idea why?

Probably he has some custom shortcuts as you can assign some custom shortcuts to existing function in your user preferences -> input (i don’t think that’s a good idea to make this when you make a tutorial as not everyone may use the same keys as you then) , but for the change i think that it’s the same as pressing the Smooth button in the toolshelf (the panel to the left of the 3D View) while in Object Mode.

For being able to see the wire on the object while in Object/Sculpt/other modes , it’s in the Object panel, in the Display tab, enable “Wire” (and “Draw all Edges” too if you want to see them all)
http://i.imgur.com/GwvpzDh.jpg

Many many thanks to you,sir!
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