Background black, cannot see drawings

When I open a new file, the background is black, and when I try to draw anything, line, rectangle, arch, I cannot see what I drew.  In the tutorials, the background is white, and drawing seems very straight forward.   .  How can I see my drawings!?  I am fluent in Solidworks, and have worked in Rhino, so I figured this could be easily translated, but I am struggling, HELP!