searching across time and space

That title pretty much sums up my existence these days. Searching for time and space ... mostly time. I am getting things done as slow as ever but now I'm doing it at every chance I get, and the results get posted here. I'm trying to work on my color blending and just laying out the shapes in red pen then going over it in black. I like the results but some people think the red pen detracts from the image. I could take that out with photoshop but I like it there. What's your thoughts?