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Lachlan Goudie

@lachlangoudie.bsky.social
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Artist, author, broadcaster. My new book ‘The Secrets of Painting’ is out now published @thamesandhudson Order here: tinyurl.com/6jedwtd6 www.lachlangoudie.com

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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wrecks at Salen, Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 68x51cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evening on Mull, Gouache on board, 59x42cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Beachcomber, Oil on board, 40x31cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The River, Gouache on board, 60x55cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ernest's Binoculars, Oil on board, 40x31cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cloud of Iona, Watercolour on paper, 68x51cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trees at Pennyghael, Oil on canvas, 63x56cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gentle evening, Iona, Gouache on board, 40x37cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Usquebaugh, Oil on board, 40x31cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spring tide, Gouache on board, 40x37cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Calgary, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 42x29cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Evening in Kintra, 120x90cm, Oil on board
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Loch Beg, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 68x51cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cattle at Loch Beg, Gouache on board, 73x51cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Caravan in the wilderness, Tempera on board, 102x76cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
April showers on Iona, Oil on board, 102x76cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Airds croft, Tempera on board, 97x82cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
By the waterline, Pencil and watercolour on paper
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Abandoned croft, Oil on canvas, 66x64cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Surf’s edge, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 52x67cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trade winds, Gouache on board, 38x50cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Tropical sunset, Gouache on board, 25x33cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Water's edge, Gouache on board, 25x33cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It was a thrill to help out the art super sleuths Fiona and Philip on tonight’s @bbcarts Fake or Fortune. Join us in the hunt for the great Scottish painter Katherine Read in a tale of ghosts, ghastliness and very possibly…. Murrrrrderr! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC One - Fake or Fortune?, Series 14, A Passage to India
Is a portrait of an Indian woman a lost work by 18th-century trailblazer Katherine Read?
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
'Whiteadder Water', 33x25cm, Oil on board
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
'The Forest', 50x36cm, Oil on board
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
10.9.2022
‘Oath Swearing and Paying Tribute’
Coloured pencil on paper
41x58cm During the afternoon and evening of Saturday 10th September I observed members of the House of Lords paying tribute to her Majesty the Queen and swearing their new oaths of allegiance to the King.
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In chapter 11 of The Secrets of Painting, I experiment with techniques used by the Japanese artist Ogata Kōrin, to create the iconic 6 panel folding screen Irises 1701-5These photographs show the development of a study I made inspired by Kōrin’s Irises on display @nezumusuem
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Downtown yellow cab Gouache on board, 29x20cm.
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In the tenth chapter of The Secrets of Painting, I experiment with techniques used by Rembrandt van Rijn to paint ‘A Man in Armour’ (1655). These photographs show the development of a study I made inspired by Rembrandt’s ‘A Man in Armour’ on display @kelvingroveartgalleryandmuseum
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Clifftop, Gouache on board, 60x57cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
'From the cornfields to the sea', Gouache on board;33x25cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'Dorset lanes', Gouache on board; 33x25cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'Buzzard's Flight', Gouache on board; 33x25cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'Crows at North Eggardon Farm' Gouache on board; 33x25cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Winter at Westbury, 51x65cm, Oil on board
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Summer at Westbury, 51x65cm, Oil on board
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
‘Rocky shoreline on the Mediterranean’, Gouache on board, 25x33cm
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Had a chance yesterday to pimp up the window at Queens Park Books with ‘The Secrets of Paintings’! Take a look if you’re in the neighbourhood and drop in to this fantastic independent neighbourhood book store!
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The space I work in every day - ‘The Artist’s Room’ Oil on board, 124x79cm
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The Herald comment & analysis @scottishcomment.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Review: It’s mind-boggling stuff, but a fascinating and eye-opening journey through the history of art and the technologies which have shaped its development and allowed its advance. @heraldscotland.bsky.social @lachlangoudie.bsky.social @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
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These 20 paintings that tell the story of humankind in all its gory glory
Review: The Secrets Of Painting by Lachlan Goudie is a fascinating look at the 20 paintings the Scottish artist thinks changed the world
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
On Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday, I’m excited to announce my contribution to a new collection of works commissioned for Parliamentary Art Collection commemorating the Lying-In-State. My painting The Vigil will be unveiled at an exhibition in Westminster in July
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
To illustrate The Secrets of Painting I made a series of drawings which represent some of the historical paints and tools I investigated during my research; quill pens and brushes, mortars and pestles for grinding pigments, 19th century tin paint tubes along with many others
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It was an honour yesterday to be showing @nationalgallery alongside my father - My 6 yr old interpretation of a self portrait by my dad featured in a lecture I gave about the Secrets of Painting! #thesecretsofpaintingbooktour
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In the second chapter of The Secrets of Painting, I experiment with the technique of painting with ink on silk. These photographs show the development of a study I made of Early Spring, following the process recorded by Guo Xi #thesecretsofpaintingbooktour
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In the second chapter of The Secrets of Painting, I experiment with the technique of painting with beeswax; Encaustic In Roman Egypt, artists created paint by mixing ground pigment with beeswax.  The wax had to be kept molten hotand then applied to the picture surface at speed!
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
As part of my research for the Secrets of Painting I undertook a pilgrimage to the Chauvet cave. To reach the cave I had to hike 45 minutes through dense woodland a final scramble upwards along high escarpments brought me to a steel portal in the rock which I drew using my iPad
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Please join me @NationalGallery on Monday 13th April when I’ll be delivering a lecture about the Secrets of Painting. Followed at 3pm by an in-conversation talk with @NancyDurrant for Members in Supporters’ House. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/the-s...
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The secrets of painting: with Lachlan Goudie | Events | National Gallery, London
Artist and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie takes you on a journey through the hidden history of painting.
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I have written for The Times today about my adventures researching The Secrets of Painting; ‘When the painter Lachlan Goudie set out to discover how artists over the centuries have made their work, he uncovered a dazzling and bizarre story’! www.thetimes.com/culture/art/...
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How to paint a masterpiece like Turner and the greats (first, break an egg)
When the painter Lachlan Goudie set out to discover how artists over the centuries have made their work, he uncovered a dazzling and bizarre story
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Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The 2nd short film I have made with wonderful John O’Rourke (@jorourke72) explores the weird and wonderful pigments and dyes that artists have used throughout history. These pigments required a mind boggling series of ingredients including insects, urine & Egyptian mummy dust…
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