My pencil is not connecting to the iPad

This support page may be helpful with pairing and use of the Pencil with your iPad:

Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad - Apple Support

If you continue to experience difficulties, here is one of the better troubleshooting guides:

https://appletoolbox.com/apple-pencil-not-working-heres-our-troubleshooting-guide/

Be aware that if your Pencil has been set-aside for an extended period, unused and uncharged, the Pencil battery may now be irretrievably damaged through deep discharge. In common with all Li-ion batteries, they must always have some level of charge.

The tiny internal Li-ion battery is susceptible to permanent/irreversible damage through being left discharged for long periods. Even some “new” pencils can exhibit signs of failure out-of-the-box if they are “old stock”. 

It is essential that if you have an Apple Pencil that you charge it regularly - whether used or not - so as to protect the battery from deep-discharge. Do not allow a pencil to remain in low-charge state for any period of time - as the internal battery will fail, rendering the Pencil useless. Setting aside an unused Pencil, for extended periods, is a recipe for premature death of the Pencil battery.

If the Pencil Battery has failed, the only remedy is to replace the Pencil. If the battery has failed and your pencil is within its one-year warranty, you should look to having it replaced by your retailer or at an Apple Store.

Some reports suggest that gentle warming of the Pencil (such as a hot water radiator) prior to attempting charging of the Pencil can resurrect a Pencil battery.

After following all the usual steps outlined by Apple’s pairing guide, including ensuring your pencil is charged, turning off and on Bluetooth and performing a restart/reboot of your iPad, I recently had the same issue.

I had another iPad lying around which I used to test connectivity and was able to connect this Apple Pencil to the other iPad, this basically verified that the issue wasn’t with the Pencil but rather the connectivity between a specific iPad and the Pencil.

Resetting the “Network Settings” on the iPad (see screenshot for setting location), the iPad was then able to discover the Pencil, thereby resolving the issue.

Please note that by resetting the Network Settings, you will have to re-establish your Wifi connection.

If the typical Apple Support / Product page and the steps mentioned above do not fix the problem, you may have a defective Pencil and will need to go into an Apple Store to discuss further testing.

Hope this helps others.

Try these:

Charge your Apple Pencil and check the battery - Apple Support

Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad - Apple Support