Mock-ups

[Moritz Moeller]

David,

> tempera in English though sounds way to similar to temper that is to flame 
> and temporary that would lead to a lot of confusion as to if its a perminant 
> thing or not 

it's a valid English word and means the same 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempera). There is even the English phrase 
"to paint in distemper" based on it.

I asked a bunch of English native speakers around me (9 people, to be 
prices) here at work (all artists) and no one associated it with "temper".

.mm