How to draw HOLLIBAUGH

Hollibaugh was created by Maria Thomas’s daughter Molly Hollibaugh, who is also a CZT®.

Hollibaugh is pronounced “haul’-a’-baw” (source: Zentangle PRIMER Vol 1).

This tangle starts in the foreground and works toward the background by drawing subsequent lines behind the first lines you’ve drawn, Zentangle®’s classic “drawing behind” technique.

Hollibaugh is a great tangle pattern with lots of potential for variants in lines, shading, and shapes used in the “background”.

CZT® Sandy Bartholomew shows us how to draw Hollibaugh here.

For the first sighting of Hollibaugh drawn with curved strokes trailing off or anchoring to the side of the tile, see Maria’s Zentangle here. Some have since claimed this curved Hollibaugh technique/variation as theirs, but for the record it began with Maria. Molly also uses this technique in a section of the 6th tile of her ensemble here.

Update December 11, 2017 – Project Pack #02. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition, Nick Hollibaugh tangles a variation, “mini-Hollibaugh” of his eponymous Hollibaugh (at 5:00).

UPDATE December 11, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 9 video starting at (00:32) Rick demonstrates how to tangle Hollibaugh.

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UPDATE July 18, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles Hollibaugh starting at 20:43 in this video.

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UPDATE July 25, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles a variation of Hollibaugh starting at 21:40.

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UPDATE December 14, 2021 – Project Pack #16. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle – Keeping Score project pack, Martha tangles Hollibaugh at 37:44 in this video:

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UPDATE December 18, 2021 – Project Pack #16. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle – Keeping Score project pack, Rick tangles Hollibaugh at 06:39 in this video.

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UPDATE March 11, 2022 – Project Pack #17. As part of the The Kaleidoscope of Our Lives project pack, Molly tangles Hollibaugh at 22:43 in this video:

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UPDATE 08/14/2022 – Project Pack #18. As part of the Introducing Zentangle’s new Translucen-Z Tiles project pack, Rick tangles Hollibaugh in this video:

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UPDATE May 14, 2023 – As part of Zentangle’s 21-day challenge honoring May’s Mental Health Awareness month, Day 4’s Bijouism is Deliberate Strokes, and Rick tangles Hollibaugh in this 12:30 minute limited audio video:

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UPDATE December 3, 2023 – Project Pack #22. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2023 Edition project pack, Julie Willand tangles an ‘Nzeppel-filled Hollibaugh, and her favorite Marasu (8:09) on her prestrung Phi tile in this video:

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UPDATE December 17, 2024 – Project Pack #25. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2024 Edition – Drawing Behind project pack, Maria tangles Hollibaugh, Purk, Quib and Vega on a Phi tile in this video:

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UPDATE March 18, 2025 – Project Pack #26. As part of the The Elegance of Limits project pack, Maria tangles Scena, Printemps, Hollibaugh and introduces Scenabaugh in this video:

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