More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.
You're right, super-realism is back in style.
A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
Art, because it's so easy to do, and yet so difficult to do well, encourages humility in the human soul.