Editing edition: Katerina Katsioura

Once upon a time there was a lonely painter. His name was Vincent and he lived in a small room in a distant village. His only friend was a parrot.

One very hot night, he opened his window and saw the sky that was full of stars. He had never seen such a starry night before! So Vincent decided to go outside and draw the sky. He took what he needed from the small warehouse and started his walk. 

He found a large old tree and set up his easel underneath. While drawing on his canvas and observing the stars, in a magical way, he found himself inside picture...

(Written by students of the 88th primary school of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Vincent and his parrot found themselves

surrounded by millions of bright stars.

The parrot said: "Look, let's play connect the bright dots! The stars form patterns in the blue universe."

Vincent said:  "How wonderful! There I see a great whale."

-I see  a girl with long hair and a beautiful winged horse.

Vincent and his parrot....

(Written by students of Primary School "Gabelli", Italy)

... saw a beautiful horse. It had stars on its fur. It had a small horn. It was standing like a movie star. When they saw the horse they became so affected. And they went on their journey together...

(Written by students of BAYRAMPAŞA BİLSEM, Turkey)

Vincent and his parrot continued this game for a while.

Vincent said : "Oh, look!"

-I see a parrot like you, it's so beautiful.

Time passed and the painting was finally completed. The painting looked so great. Vincent and his parrot started to make their way home...

(Written by students of Kastamonu Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Turkey)

On the way home, Vincent and his parrot, felt the nice smell of potatoes. And, they entered the cafe where the smell of potatoes came from. 

They sat at an empty table and ordered coffee and potatoes. After filling their stomaches with pleasure, they headed home...

(Written by students of Bandırma Science and Art Center, Turkey)

When Vincent and his parrot came home, Vincent went over to his bed and hung the  canvas over the bed. Suddenly the canvas started to glow and small star particals were all over the place.

The particals from the painting started to get together. After sometime the star glitters started to shape like a woman. Then Vincent realized that the woman standing in front was the woman he saw in his dream.

(Written by students of Erzincan Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi Türkiye)

This woman was the art teacher he loved very much in elementary school who encouraged him to paint, taught him to paint. It's been years since he 've seen her. Although he tried to reach her, he could not do it.  

At that moment he was amazed. This woman was smiling at herself. At that moment, he realized that she was proud of the student she had raised many years ago.

Vincent's painting adventure passed before his eyes like a storyboard. This woman's labor was a lot. Vincent was very grateful to him.

(written by students of Büyükçekmece Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Turkey)

(Written by students of the 7th Primary School of Kalamata, Greece)

A shared story for Van Gogh’s artworks

(Every team wrote a part of the story and another team made the illustration)

The story

1) 88th Primary School of Thessaloniki, Greece

2)Primary school “Gabelli”of Italy

 and Bayrampaşa Bilsem, Turkey

3)Kastamonu Science and art center, Turkey

4)Bandırma Science and Art centre, Turkey 

5)Eğirdir BİLSEM, Turkey

6)Erzincan BİLSEM, Turkey

7) Büyükçekmece Science and Art Centre, Turkey

8)7th Primary School of Kalamata, Greece

The Illustration

1)7th Primary School of Kalamata, Greece

2)88th Primary School of Thessaloniki, Greece

3)Primary school “Gabelli”of Italy

4)Kastamonu Science and art ücenter, Turkey

5)Bandırma Science and Art Centre, Turkey

6) İrfan öztürk primary school, Turkey

7) Batman Cezeri Science and Art Centre, Turkey

8) Eğirdir BİLSEM, Turkey