Animals
![octopus2-01](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/octopus2-01.jpg)
Overview
I originally trained as an illustrator and worked for a wonderful small publisher to create ‘How to Draw’ and colouring books for children. The animals shown here were some of my favourites.
![Print](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_6817.jpg)
![crab2.6-01](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/crab2.6-01.jpg)
![sea urchin-01](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sea-urchin-01.jpg)
![zebra-01](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/zebra-01.jpg)
Birds
I was born in South Africa and after a long stay in Cape Town I became obsessed with the birdlife there. The illustrations below sprang from a self-initiated project to document some of the amazing birds I saw, and then (with the addition of some more familiar British species) were used in books for children.
![fairy wren](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fairy-wren-scaled.jpg)
![Print](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mandarin-duck-scaled.jpg)
![kingfisher](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/kingfisher-scaled.jpg)
![puffin](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/puffin-scaled.jpg)
![sunbird](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sunbird-scaled.jpg)
![weavers](https://annabetts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/weavers-scaled.jpg)