diff --git a/Source/MonoGame.Extended/MonoGame.Extended.csproj b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/MonoGame.Extended.csproj
index 1cbe7b6f..3e28164d 100644
--- a/Source/MonoGame.Extended/MonoGame.Extended.csproj
+++ b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/MonoGame.Extended.csproj
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@
     <Compile Include="Content\ContentLoader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Content\ContentManagerExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Camera2D.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Sprites\SpriteBatchExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TextureAtlases\SpriteBatchExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TextureAtlases\TextureRegion2D.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Sprites\Sprite.cs" /> </ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Sprites\Sprite.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Maps\Tiled\TiledImageLayer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Maps\Tiled\TiledLayer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Maps\Tiled\TiledTileLayer.cs" />
@@ -86,4 +87,4 @@
 <<<<<<< HEAD
   -->
   <ItemGroup />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/Sprite.cs b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/Sprite.cs
index 7715da8b..56213c6f 100644
--- a/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/Sprite.cs
+++ b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/Sprite.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
-using MonoGame.Extended.Graphics;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
+using MonoGame.Extended.TextureAtlases;
 
 namespace MonoGame.Extended.Sprites
 {
     public class Sprite
     {
-        public TextureRegion2D TextureRegion;
+        public TextureRegion2D TextureRegion { get; set; }
         public Color Color { get; set; }
         public bool IsVisible { get; set; }
 
@@ -23,6 +19,7 @@ namespace MonoGame.Extended.Sprites
         {
             TextureRegion = new TextureRegion2D(texture);
             Scale = Vector2.One;
+            Color = Color.White;
             IsVisible = true;
         }
 
diff --git a/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/SpriteBatchExtensions.cs b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/SpriteBatchExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe97658c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/MonoGame.Extended/Sprites/SpriteBatchExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
+
+namespace MonoGame.Extended.Sprites
+{
+    public static class SpriteBatchExtensions
+    {
+        public static void Draw(this SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Sprite sprite)
+        {
+            if (sprite.IsVisible)
+                spriteBatch.Draw(sprite.TextureRegion.Texture, null, sprite.GetBoundingRectangle(), sprite.TextureRegion.Bounds, sprite.Origin, sprite.Rotation, sprite.Scale, sprite.Color);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Sandbox/SandboxGame.cs b/Source/Sandbox/SandboxGame.cs
index b9a3aa05..dfea9758 100644
--- a/Source/Sandbox/SandboxGame.cs
+++ b/Source/Sandbox/SandboxGame.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
 using MonoGame.Extended;
 using MonoGame.Extended.BitmapFonts;
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-using MonoGame.Extended.Graphics;
-using MonoGame.Extended.Sprites;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System;
 using MonoGame.Extended.Maps.Tiled;
+using MonoGame.Extended.Sprites;
 using MonoGame.Extended.ViewportAdapters;
 
 namespace Sandbox
@@ -140,18 +137,18 @@ namespace Sandbox
             //_spriteBatch.Draw(_backgroundTexture, new Rectangle(0, 0, _tiledMap.WidthInPixels, _tiledMap.HeightInPixels), Color.White);
             //_spriteBatch.End();
 
-            _tiledMap.Draw(_camera);
+            //_tiledMap.Draw(_camera);
 
-            _spriteBatch.Begin();
-            _spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, "This is MonoGame.Extended", new Vector2(50, 50), new Color(Color.Black, 0.5f));
-            _spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, string.Format("Camera: {0}", _camera.Position), new Vector2(50, 100), Color.Black);
-            //_spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, 
-            //    "Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text.\n\n" + 
-            //    "It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard " + 
-            //    "McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin " + 
-            //    "words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, " + 
-            //    "discovered the undoubtable source.", new Vector2(50, 100), new Color(Color.Black, 0.5f), _viewportAdapter.VirtualWidth - 50);
-            _spriteBatch.End();
+            //_spriteBatch.Begin();
+            //_spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, "This is MonoGame.Extended", new Vector2(50, 50), new Color(Color.Black, 0.5f));
+            //_spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, string.Format("Camera: {0}", _camera.Position), new Vector2(50, 100), Color.Black);
+            ////_spriteBatch.DrawString(_bitmapFont, 
+            ////    "Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text.\n\n" + 
+            ////    "It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard " + 
+            ////    "McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin " + 
+            ////    "words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, " + 
+            ////    "discovered the undoubtable source.", new Vector2(50, 100), new Color(Color.Black, 0.5f), _viewportAdapter.VirtualWidth - 50);
+            //_spriteBatch.End();
 
             _spriteBatch.Begin(transformMatrix: _camera.GetViewMatrix());
             //Console.WriteLine(_stumpSprite.Position);