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Lake Como
Mural artist on Lake Como
On Lake Como, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, holiday homes, hotels and restaurants. 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 on Lake Como
| 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 on Lake Como, 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 on Lake Como, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals on Lake Como
At Gravedona, on the northern shore, the church of Santa Maria del Tiglio, built in white and black marble in the first half of the twelfth century, holds frescoes from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, among them a fourteenth-century Last Judgement. A little further on, Santa Maria delle Grazie, raised in 1467, has its interior walls entirely painted by sixteenth-century Lombard artists. Lake Como lines up historic villas, guesthouses, hotels and second homes, on both shores and as far as Lecco. Giulia paints interiors all year round, and outdoors on a dry wall in mild weather. Lake humidity is constant: any exterior needs a treated surface and a paint that lets the wall breathe. Giulia works around the whole lake. To start, a photo of the wall and its measurements are enough: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to Lake Como. 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 written about her work, and her mural of over twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci can be seen 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 in the area: the canvas advances during the cocktail hour and stays with the couple at the end. See live wedding painting.
For a company evening, Giulia also paints live in front of your guests: corporate live painting on Lake Como, from 900 €.
On Lake Como, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a wedding in a lakeside villa, a reception 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 →
Lake Como through reflection and depth
Here, light from the water changes the painting throughout the day and asks for a very precise composition.
Houses and villas
Bedrooms, living rooms, stairwells, entrances, hallways and ceilings. Example: a veranda wall of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurant rooms, hotel bedroom walls, shop windows, shutters, lobbies and offices. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a hotel bedroom wall of 10 sqm fully painted, around 2 500 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Lake humidity is constant. The wall is treated first, then Giulia paints in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. For a facade visible from the street, the owner’s or the building association’s approval is usually enough, plus a notice to the town hall in a protected zone. From 150 € per sqm, plus scaffolding if needed.
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 on Lake Como?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per square metre: 150 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 250 € for a fully painted subject, 350 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. A small mural in a bedroom costs less than a facade that needs preparation and scaffolding. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural on Lake Como?
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 on Lake Como, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place on Lake Como, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural on Lake Como include the materials?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections during the work and the protective varnish as a finish. 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.
What kind of mural works well on Lake Como?
In Lake Como, landscapes and botanical designs that extend the gardens of the historic villas. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
Giulia paints on the existing plaster after a simple clean. If the wall is cracked or damp, she says so before the quote and explains what needs fixing. An acrylic mural can be painted over later like any wall paint.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Yes, always. Giulia sends a digital sketch laid over the photo of your wall, with a detailed quote. The first two sketches are free, and she adjusts them with you.
What subject works well for a mural on Lake Como?
The most requested subjects: floral and botanical work for bedrooms and living rooms, landscapes for living spaces and terraces, trompe l’oeil for facades and ceilings. Everything is drawn to measure: Giulia offers two free sketches from your idea, and you refine it together until the subject is yours.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
They are two different crafts. A graffiti artist works with spray cans, with a fast gesture and a graphic finish. A brush-painted mural is built layer by layer, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: it is a painting made directly on the wall. Indoors, Giulia uses odourless acrylic. And while she paints, people take the time to watch: a brush at work is a show in itself. The choice depends on the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Some come from graffiti and work with spray cans; Giulia Dal Bon comes from painting: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. To have one painted, send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors on Lake Como?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Constant lake humidity. Exterior work needs a treated surface and a paint that lets the wall breathe.
Do I need permission to paint a facade on Lake Como?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you usually need the owner’s or the building association’s approval, and a notice to the town hall if the building is in a protected area. 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?
An acrylic mural by Giulia Dal Bon lasts 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.
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
Ideas for spaces
The mural can become a vegetal motif, a suggested landscape, a more narrative scene, or simply a work of color. What matters is the relationship with the wall and the view.
Homes and villas
Lake villas and homes where the mural can stay very simple, follow the light, and accompany the landscape while leaving it whole.
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
Hotels, restaurants, and hospitality spaces that want painting to bring calm, presence, and memory to the stay.
A mural made for this place
Bellagio, Varenna and Como
Around the lake, Giulia also paints in Bellagio, Varenna and Como, and each town has its own page.
Bellagio
In Bellagio, Giulia paints the villas, the lakefront hotels and guesthouses, and the bedrooms and passages of the village houses.
Varenna and Como
In Varenna, she paints the entrances and staircases of a village built on the slope; in Como, the flats, restaurants and hotels of the town.
A mural on every shore
On every shore of the lake, Giulia draws the sketch on the photo of your wall, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Nearby towns
From Lake Como, the mural can open toward these nearby places.
Lombardy · Milan · Bergamo · Monza · Lake Maggiore
The mural of over 20 metres 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 on Lake Como
On Lake Como, for a private client, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar on Lake Como, she paints the dining-room wall, and service carries on while she works. In a boutique and a shop, the painted window is seen from the street, and the shutter stays painted after closing. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the reception wall and the corridor. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A vaulted cellar is painted too, from the wall to the vault.
A wall can carry a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, lettering, a painted sign. A ceiling takes a sky. A perspective trompe-l’oeil opens a window or a corridor on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures and animals, and reproduces a work on request.
Possible subjects on Lake Como: the villas and their terraced gardens, the shores and the landing stages, the bell towers above the water. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
A mural is also called a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall, a wall decoration. People say mural decoration, decorative painting, trompe-l’oeil, hand-painted wall, drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall: in every case someone paints the wall by hand, layer after layer. On Lake Como, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Lake Como lines up historic villas, guesthouses, hotels and second homes.
She also works in Cernobbio, Tremezzo, Lenno, Ossuccio, Argegno, Laglio, Moltrasio, Torno, Nesso, Lezzeno, Griante, Cadenabbia, Domaso, Gravedona, Dongo, Colico, Lecco, Mandello del Lario, Bellano, Dervio, Lierna, Sala Comacina.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a villa, a house, a flat or a second home, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance, the staircase, the veranda and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a guesthouse, a restaurant or a shop, she paints the bedroom wall, the reception, the dining room and the covered terrace. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can become a vegetal motif, a suggested landscape, a more narrative scene, or simply a work of color