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Camogli
Mural Artist in Camogli
In Camogli, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and on terraces. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Camogli
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
Surface and technique set the price; interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, any scaffolding and the timing are then written into the quote.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Camogli, here is what happens next.
A photo of the wall with the sketch
Send me a photo of the wall and I draw a sketch straight onto your photo. You tell me what you think. The first two sketches are free.
The quote
Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.
I paint the wall
I come and paint at your place in Camogli, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Camogli
In Camogli the houses rise to six floors because space was scarce, and their facades have been painted in trompe-l’oeil since the sixteenth century: false balconies, cornices and shutters in a green almost identical to real wood. The colour served the sailors first, who could recognise their own house from out at sea. At the end of the eighteenth century, when the Republic of Genoa taxed windows, false ones were painted instead. The technique reached its peak between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, and Camogli holds the densest concentration of it in Liguria.
What Giulia brings to Camogli. Camogli is the village where Giulia’s trade grew up as everyday practice: painting windows, shutters and cornices on a wall so they can be seen from far away. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci stands in Milan. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
Giulia also paints live at weddings: she sets up her easel during the cocktail hour and the painting stays with the couple. From 950 €, see live wedding painting in Portofino and Liguria.
In Camogli, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. See live painting →
Your questions, before commissioning
A photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and the idea you have in mind are enough to receive a quote.
How much does a mural cost in Camogli?
In Camogli, Giulia Dal Bon charges by the square metre: €150 for a line drawing or a simple motif, €250 for a fully painted subject, €350 for a trompe-l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I get a mural painted in my home in Camogli?
Write to Giulia Dal Bon on WhatsApp or by email, even if the idea is still vague: she replies within 48 hours. Send her a photo of the wall to be painted, she draws a sketch straight onto your photo, you tell her what you think, and the first two sketches are free. Once the sketch is approved, she sends you the quote, from 150 € per sqm in Camogli, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Camogli, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Camogli include?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price per square metre includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches and the protective varnish as a finish. While she paints, you tell her what you think, and she adjusts. Added to the quote, when needed, are the scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48 hours; a deposit of about 100 € for materials confirms the date, and the balance is settled at the end.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Camogli, who should I contact?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She paints murals by brush in homes, bedrooms, bathrooms, on terraces, pool walls and facades, and travels in Camogli as she does across Europe. Send her a photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and your idea, however loose: she replies within 48 hours with a quote and a first proposal. The first two sketches are free.
Can I see a design before commissioning the mural?
Always. You receive a sketch set on a photo of your own wall, to scale, together with the quote. The first two sketches are free: Giulia shows the work in progress, you give your opinion, and she adjusts. You confirm when you are ready.
Will a mural damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. In most cases a dusting down is all that is needed before starting. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia points it out before quoting and proposes the preparation required. Indoors she uses an odourless acrylic: a child’s bedroom in use or a restaurant that stays open can both be painted. An acrylic mural can later be painted over like any wall paint, if you change your mind in ten years.
When is the best time to paint a mural in Camogli?
All year round. Indoors the odourless acrylic lets the room stay in use while she works, in January as in July. Outdoors she needs a dry wall and a mild temperature. Giulia sets the date with you when she quotes, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves.
Can a view of Camogli be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The six-storey houses with facades painted in trompe-l’oeil since the sixteenth century, their false balconies and false windows, the basilica at the water’s edge and the boats drawn up on the pebbles. Giulia Dal Bon composes the view for the wall in front of her. As a line drawing, 150 € per sqm; painted in colour, 250 € per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Camogli?
In the tall harbour houses and rooms facing the sea, a botanical motif, a landscape or a trompe-l’oeil window sit well with the village’s painted facades. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
Spray can and brush give two different results. The brush works in layers, which makes gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil possible: that is why a mural can be looked at like a painting. In Camogli, Giulia Dal Bon paints by hand, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors. A painting made by hand shows, and it stands out all the more today.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A muralist, or a decorative painter; the word fresco painter exists too, for the old technique. In Camogli, that is the work of Giulia Dal Bon: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. People also search for it as mural painting, wall mural or hand-painted wall. Send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Camogli?
Yes, with surface preparation and quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. In Camogli the sea is close and salt is constant: an anti-salt varnish is added on request. Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather: she checks the forecast with you and sets the date. Choosing the paint and the surface for an outdoor wall in Camogli is explained in the guide Which paint, which wall, how long it lasts.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Camogli?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you generally need the owner’s or building association’s agreement, and a notice to the municipality if the building sits in a protected zone, as is often the case in the old centre. Giulia explains the process before starting.
How long does it take to paint a mural?
It depends on the surface, the level of detail and how easy the wall is to reach. Giulia gives the timing with the quote, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. The place keeps running while she works: the acrylic is odourless.
How long does a mural last?
The murals Giulia Dal Bon paints last a lifetime indoors: the paint becomes part of the plaster and lives as long as the wall. Outdoors, quartz paint is made for facades, and an anti-salt or anti-pollution varnish extends it further. And if one day you want a change, it can be painted over like any wall paint.
Can an old painted decoration be restored in Camogli?
Yes, and in Camogli it is a cycle: the trompe-l’oeil painted façades are redone when the colour fades, false balconies, cornices and windows included. A false window erased by the salt is drawn again and brought back to tone. A painter trained at Brera, where she studied restoration, Giulia Dal Bon travels out, tries a test patch and shows you the result before the rest. The rate is the mural rate, with the surface and the height in the quote. The page about restoring a mural or a painted decoration describes how it goes. Free quote within 48 hours.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Homes and villas
A bedroom, a hallway, a staircase: the walls you look at every day.
A mural for your home
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
A mural for your restaurant
Nearby towns
From Camogli, a mural can extend towards these places.
The 20-metre-plus wall for Gaber and Jannacci, in Milan, in the press
Giulia Dal Bon, trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.
Where Giulia works in Camogli
In Camogli, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. Outside, on the exterior facade and the terrace, she works in quartz paint. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
The venues that welcome her in Camogli range from villa to restaurant, with residence, apartment and hotel in between.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects in Camogli: the basilica at the water’s edge and the boats drawn up on the pebbles, the six-storey houses with facades painted in trompe-l’oeil since the sixteenth century and their false balconies and false windows. And anywhere, a trompe-l’oeil window, botanicals and a painted sky find their place.
Very different words lead to the same search: mural, wall mural, artistic painting on a wall, wall decoration, mural decoration, decorative painting. Trompe-l’oeil is one form of it, a hand-painted wall and a drawing on a wall are others, and some look for a painting made directly on the wall. Behind those words, one craft in Camogli: mural artist, muralist, wall artist, decorative painter.
Camogli holds the densest concentration of trompe-l’oeil painted facades in Liguria, with windows, shutters and cornices painted so they can be seen from the sea.
Giulia also travels across the whole of Liguria.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a villa or a residence, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel or a restaurant, Giulia paints the reception wall and the dining room. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Recco, Sori, Pieve Ligure, Bogliasco, Avegno, Uscio, Rapallo and Zoagli.