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Mural Artist in London
In London, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, apartments, hotels, restaurants and shops. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from £130 per sqm. Free quote within 48h, two complimentary sketches: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in London
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | £130/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | £220/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | £300/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The quote starts from the surface and the technique, and spells out what comes on top: interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed, the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in London, 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 London, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in London
Notting Hill lines up its brick houses and brightly painted doors. Chelsea and Kensington keep their white stucco fronts and planted squares. Shoreditch and Hackney have lived with painted walls since the 1990s. Requests come from houses, apartments, restaurants and shops looking for a wall of their own.
What Giulia brings to London. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
What Giulia brings to London
In Greenwich, the Old Royal Naval College holds the Painted Hall: James Thornhill painted its walls and ceilings from 1707 to 1726, more than 3,700 sqm and close to two hundred figures, a scheme so vast it is called the Sistine Chapel of England. The hall reopened on 23 March 2019, after an £8.5 million conservation project.
Giulia Dal Bon lived in London for a year, and it is one of her favourite cities for art. She paints here with a brush, in houses, apartments, restaurants, hotels and shops, using odourless acrylic indoors, and takes the low northern light into account when she chooses her tones. From £130 per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In London, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a wedding, a concert, a festival or a company evening. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. See live painting → For a company evening, see corporate live painting in London.
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 London?
The rate is per square metre: £130 for a line drawing or a simple motif, £220 for a fully painted subject, £300 for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in London?
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 £130 per sqm in London, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in London, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in London include the materials?
Giulia Dal Bon's price per sqm covers the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections while she works and the protective varnish at the end. Added to the quote, where they apply, are scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48h; a deposit 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 London, 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 London 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 London?
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 London be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it holds up well on a large wall. The brick roofs and chimneys, the Thames and its bridges, the painted doors of Notting Hill, the planted squares of Bloomsbury. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: £130 per sqm as a line drawing, £220 for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48h.
What subject works well for a mural in London?
In London, Victorian and brick houses, with their high ceilings and fireplaces, suit botanical motifs, figurative subjects and trompe-l'oeil perspective. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
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 in London?
Yes, with the surface preparation Giulia Dal Bon carries out and paints made for outdoor walls. The climate is damp and rainy: an exterior needs a thoroughly dry surface and a microporous paint.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in London?
For an interior wall, no. 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: many buildings in the historic centre are protected. 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 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. In London, on a façade exposed to traffic, Giulia can also propose an anti-pollution paint, which turns part of the nitrogen oxides under daylight. The option is priced in the quote.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
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Other cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Richmond, Twickenham, Kingston upon Thames, Wimbledon, Greenwich, Hampstead, Highgate, Dulwich, Barnes and Windsor.
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 London
In London, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. The same work applies to the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. The ceiling is painted too: that is the £300 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. On the exterior facade, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
She paints in venues as different as apartment and boutique, and in hotel.
Requests come from Notting Hill, Chelsea, Shoreditch and Marylebone.
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 London: the brick roofs and chimneys, the painted doors of Notting Hill, the Thames and its bridges, the planted squares of Bloomsbury. A trompe-l'oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky on the ceiling work just as well.
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. In London, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Notting Hill is the quarter of brick houses and coloured doors, while Chelsea and Kensington line up white stucco fronts around their squares.
Giulia also travels across the United Kingdom.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a period apartment, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From £130 per m², free quote within 48h.
- For a hotel or a boutique, Giulia paints the reception wall, the storefront and the lounge. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across the United Kingdom.