Fresh Palette

Every three to four months, I wear through the paper that holds the paint in my palette.  When that happens, it's time to set up a fresh palette.  Since I am still very new to painting, this is only the second time that I've replaced the paper.

It's almost a little intimidating staring down at so much white space.

That won't last for long.  My goal for this time around is to be more gentle when I mix colors.  I feel like I push down to hard when mixing and drive the paint down through the paper into the sponge below.  I am really, really going to try to be gentle, gentle and keep more paint on the brush.