I've tested my patience in far too many waiting rooms lately. I get very tired of reading magazines that do not remotely relate to my interests. I think I would prefer to read the local phone book than those pamphlets about disease or pharmaceuticals. HO HUM!
So I have learned to take a minimum of art supplies to entertain myself everyplace. If nothing else, I always have a pencil, a sharpener, an eraser, a black or sepia permanent ink artist pen, and a sketchpad of some sort...(usually that is a Strathmore Mixed Media pad).
See how I turned a simple face drawing above into the whimsy face on the right using the Luminous Faces set of Twinkling H2O's (shimmering watercolors) from ColourArte.