Turn an AI-generated image into a real painting

Your questions, before commissioning

How much does a painting made from an AI image cost?

The same as a portrait from a photo, because the painting work is the same: from 90 € on A4 paper, 180 € on a 30×40 cm canvas, 240 € at 40×50 cm and 320 € at 50×70 cm. The price follows the size, and the size alone: one face or the whole family in the same scene, same rate. The first two sketches are included, she adjusts them with you, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.

Who paints the painting?

Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries, paints by brush, on canvas or on paper, from your photos, and ships the painting anywhere in Europe, carefully packed. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work.

What exactly do I receive?

The painting itself, on canvas or on paper depending on the size chosen, varnished, signed if you wish, and carefully packed for shipping, sent from the country of destination. Before that, you receive the first two sketches, free of charge, and you follow the progress in photos. A 50 % deposit after the sketch is approved, the balance at the end.

My image is square or in screen format: which canvas size should I choose?

Generated images often come out square or in screen proportions, and a canvas has different ones. Giulia reframes the composition for the chosen format, keeping what matters: the face, the light, the object that counts. She shows it to you on the sketch, before painting. For a single portrait, 30×40 or 40×50 works well; for a scene with several people or a setting, 50×70 leaves room for the background.

How does it work, step by step, from sending the image to the painting at home?

Send the generated image and your real photos by WhatsApp or email, with the size you want. Giulia replies within 48 hours with a free quote and two sketches included. You choose, pay half, and she paints while showing you the progress: you can ask for a change along the way, to a background, an expression, a colour. The balance is paid at the end, and the painting leaves carefully packed, photographed before shipping.

What becomes of the generated image, and who owns the painting?

The generated image stays what it is: a file, which others can produce again with the same prompt. The painting is an original work painted by Giulia Dal Bon: it belongs to you as an object, it is dated, signed if you wish, and protected like any artist’s creation. That is the difference between an idea and a work, and it is what you hang on the wall.

Can you have a real painting made from an image created with ChatGPT or Midjourney?

Yes. Send the generated image together with one or two real photos of the people in it. Giulia Dal Bon keeps what you love in the image, the pose, the light, the costume, the mood, and paints the real faces from your photos. You receive two sketches included, you choose one, and she paints it by brush on canvas or paper. Free quote within 48 hours.

Why have the image painted rather than printed on canvas?

A canvas print is still a file laid on fabric: anyone can generate the same image again, and the flaws of the AI are printed along with it. A hand-painted picture is a single object, with the texture of the brush, colours chosen for the room it will hang in, and a signature if you wish. It can be handed down, it ages well, and it exists once in the world.

The AI changed my face, my hands or my jewellery: what does Giulia do with those flaws?

This is exactly where a painter changes everything. Generated images smooth out features, invent fingers, distort a ring or an earring, and often produce a face that could belong to anyone. Giulia goes back to your real photos for the face, the hands and the details that matter, and keeps from the image the atmosphere that won you over. Trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, she draws first, you approve, then she paints.

Can I ask for a portrait in the style of a period: Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist?

Yes. That is often what the generated image was imitating, and Giulia does it with real pigments: a dark background and side light for a portrait in the manner of the 1600s, a loose, bright touch for an Impressionist feel, a gold ground for a Klimt inspiration. She composes a new work inspired by the period, with your face and your clothes, and you see the direction on the sketch before she paints.

My image shows my dog, my cat or my horse: is that possible too?

Of course, and it is one of the most shared images: a dog as an imperial general, a cat as a queen, a horse in a stormy landscape. Send the image and a few real photos of the animal, front and profile, in daylight. Giulia paints its real coat, its real ears, its gaze, in the staging you imagined. Pet portraits have their own page, at the same prices.

I came with an image found on Pinterest or Instagram: does that work the same way?

Yes. An image found online serves as a mood reference, exactly like a generated one. Giulia draws on it to compose a new painting, with your faces, your colours, your format: from the idea she creates an original work that belongs to you. Simply say what struck you in the image: the light, the pose, the palette, the setting.

What if I want the same image on a wall rather than on canvas?

Giulia also paints murals from AI-generated images: a bedroom imagined on ChatGPT, a landscape from Midjourney, at the real size of the wall and in its real light. From 150 € per square metre, with the same method, two sketches included and a free quote within 48 hours. The mural from an AI image page explains the process and the prices per square metre.

I come with just an idea: can I still order?

Yes, and it is even the simplest path. Describe what you want, send your photos, and Giulia draws two sketches included: you see your painting before it exists. For some people, a generated image helps put words to a wish; others prefer to talk directly with the painter. Both paths lead to the same painting, made by brush, at the same prices.