It is decision time for the Labour party – just who do they want for their new leader. It probably will be major or minor Milliband and I haven’t got a clue, or a vote, as to who it will be. However, I do find it rather rich of newspapers to criticise the Labour party for not working out why they lost the last election. It is only 3 months and most of the party are still in denial, thinking that the coalition will collapse and they will be quickly ushered back into power. This doesn’t seem likely and so it will take Labour time to work out what they stand for. Perhaps it is for a more socialist future, perhaps more social democratic – I don’t think anyone knows. The only thing is certain is that it will take time and fortunately that is what Labour has.
So let labour elect their new leader. Don’t expect anything new from the party over the next 18 months and only then judge them. This will probably be the real low point for the coalition when despair will have truly taken over the Lib Dems. The we will see how many real Lib Dem supporters will defect to Labour. However, the coalition could be the making of the Lib Dems and if this is the case then all of the previous 18 months will be for nothing because Labour could facing another generation out of power. If this is the case then we will see real blood – SDP anyone? Sent from my iPad
Another lesson learnt. I was looking through a book on sketching this morning and picked up another tip or is that technique? I don’t think it matters. Anyway, the tip was that an eraser is more than remover of errors. When used correctly it can be a really constructive tool. This is something I have been looking for in brushes. To date I have been having difficulty with applying shades. They always looked too harsh. It was the same with drawn lines – I just couldn’t make them smooth enough. Now I have started to understand that this can be over come by the use of the eraser function. This is the first attempt at applying this knowledge. I guess this another step forward.
It has been hard work day today. I know this depends on your definition of ‘hard work’ but I have worked hard. I was up at the crack of dawn slaving over the iPad trying to improve my technique. I think I have shown signs of improvement but there is a long way to go. Then it was out into Charnwood forest working on a photographic project I have in the back of my minds called Deep Time. I selected a really interesting are to capture and then, well I made some drawings or sketches which ever you want to call them. I have had an idea of trying to combine a photograph with a preparatory sketch – hardly original I know – but it seemed to be a good idea at the time. We’ll see whether time agrees with this. So now to go and work on the photographs I captured this morning – it really is interesting combining drawing with photography – the combination slows me down and gives me time to really look at a shot and consider exactly what I want to do with it.
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