Murale con cardellino dipinto a mano su una facciata

Murals in Veneto and Trentino

Hand-painted murals and wall decorations, from the paper sketch to the finished wall.

Stroke by stroke

Colour comes
to the wall

Scroll and watch the goldfinch mural go from pencil drawing to final colours, just as it happens on the scaffolding.

Hand-painted goldfinch mural on a façade

From sketch
to wall

First the drawing on paper to decide proportions and colours, then the edelweiss and the sign painted on the façade plaster.

Rifugio Cuore Felice · scroll from paper to façade

Colour sketch of the Rifugio Cuore Felice façade with edelweiss Rifugio Cuore Felice façade decorated with edelweiss and a hand-painted sign

Three steps,
one wall

  1. The sketch

    I come to see the wall, listen to what you want and draw the mural on paper, adapted to the architecture.

  2. On the wall

    I transfer the drawing to the wall and paint it entirely by hand, stroke by stroke.

  3. The mural

    A one-of-a-kind piece, made to last and to give the space character.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a mural with bullfinches on mountain houses
Il murale del pettirosso visto dal ponteggio, con la scritta ancora in lavorazione
Pettirosso geometrico dipinto a mano sulla facciata del micronido di Pedavena, sotto le foglie d'autunno

Works

Sketches, scaffolding and finished walls. Scroll and click a photo to see it large.

Facciata del micronido di Pedavena con il murale del pettirosso e la scritta “Un micronido sull'albero”
A nursery in the tree, PedavenaExterior
Watercolour illustration of two goldfinches on a fir branch with pine cones
Study for the goldfinchesIllustration
Rifugio Cuore Felice façade decorated with edelweiss and a hand-painted sign
Rifugio Cuore FeliceExterior
Rifugio Cuore Felice sign hand-painted with a bunch of edelweiss
Hand-painted signExterior
Pencil and watercolour sketch of a mural with bullfinches on mountain houses
Sketch with bullfinchesIllustration
Colour sketch of the Rifugio Cuore Felice façade with edelweiss
Rifugio Cuore Felice sketchIllustration
Brush painting a pine cone on the goldfinch mural
Goldfinches, work in progressExterior
Pennello che dipinge le piume dell'ala del pettirosso sulla facciata
Robin, work in progressExterior
Dettaglio della testa del pettirosso dipinto sull'intonaco, con la grana del muro in evidenza
Robin, detailExterior
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Pavel Nilov on the scaffolding in front of the goldfinch mural Pavel Nilov painting edelweiss on the Rifugio Cuore Felice façade

Painter · maker · designer

“I bring the nature around me onto the walls.”

I’m Pavel Nilov, an interior designer born in Russia. I have been living in Italy for three years, and here I turned my passion for drawing into hand-painted murals and illustrations.

Birds, alpine flowers, woods and mountains. For La Casa di Maia in Pedavena I created all the illustrations and the furnishings of the bee museum.

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