Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wrecks at Salen, Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 68x51cm 1223
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ernest's Binoculars, Oil on board, 40x31cm 0120
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cloud of Iona, Watercolour on paper, 68x51cm 030
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trees at Pennyghael, Oil on canvas, 63x56cm 070
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Gentle evening, Iona, Gouache on board, 40x37cm 051
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Calgary, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 42x29cm 151
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Loch Beg, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 68x51cm 080
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Cattle at Loch Beg, Gouache on board, 73x51cm 081
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Caravan in the wilderness, Tempera on board, 102x76cm 040
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026April showers on Iona, Oil on board, 102x76cm 0123
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026By the waterline, Pencil and watercolour on paper 0226
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Surf’s edge, Pencil and watercolour on paper, 52x67cm 061
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026It 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...bbc.co.ukBBC One - Fake or Fortune?, Series 14, A Passage to IndiaIs a portrait of an Indian woman a lost work by 18th-century trailblazer Katherine Read? 151
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/07/202610.9.2022 ‘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. 031
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026In 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 020
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Downtown yellow cab Gouache on board, 29x20cm. 031
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026In 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 042
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026'From the cornfields to the sea', Gouache on board;33x25cm 040
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026'Buzzard's Flight', Gouache on board; 33x25cm 041
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026'Crows at North Eggardon Farm' Gouache on board; 33x25cm 060
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026‘Rocky shoreline on the Mediterranean’, Gouache on board, 25x33cm 042
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Had 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! 000
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The space I work in every day - ‘The Artist’s Room’ Oil on board, 124x79cm 1262
Reposted by Lachlan GoudieThe Herald comment & analysis @scottishcomment.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Review: 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.socialheraldscotland.comThese 20 paintings that tell the story of humankind in all its gory gloryReview: The Secrets Of Painting by Lachlan Goudie is a fascinating look at the 20 paintings the Scottish artist thinks changed the world 032
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026On 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 020
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026To 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 021
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026It 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 110
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026In 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 021
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In 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! 050
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026As 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 031
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Please 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...nationalgallery.org.ukThe secrets of painting: with Lachlan Goudie | Events | National Gallery, LondonArtist and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie takes you on a journey through the hidden history of painting. 011
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I 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/...thetimes.comHow 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 060
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The 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… 054