Connect two paths with the Pencil tool

Last updated on Sep 11, 2025

Learn how to connect two paths using the Pencil tool.

Try it in the app
Use the Pencil tool to draw freehand or constrained paths in a few simple steps.

Select the Selection tool from the toolbar, and then Shift-click or drag around the two paths to select them.

Select the Pencil tool from the toolbar.

Hover over the endpoint of one path. When the path-continuation icon appears on the Pencil tool, drag toward the endpoint of the other path.

As you approach the endpoint of the second path, when the path-continuation icon appears on the Pencil tool, release the mouse.

Tip

For best results, drag from one path to the other as if you were simply continuing the paths in the direction they were created.

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