Too Much White

I need to get back to playing with my paint! I started and finished this one. I've painted this bird before and keep coming back to it.

The problem occurred about 5 minutes into painting. I wore through the paper in my palette. So I could finish, I removed the paper with the paint on it, set it on top of some newspaper, finished my painting, and set up the palette with a fresh piece of paper and paints.

It's ready for me to paint again, but there is way too much white staring at me.

It's a little intimating and typically takes several paintings before the fresh palette feels good.