'Get the default line2D instance'

def _get_tick1line(self):

    l = mlines.Line2D(xdata=(0,), ydata=(0,), color=self._color, linestyle=u'None', marker=self._tickmarkers[0], markersize=self._size, markeredgewidth=self._width, zorder=self._zorder)
    l.set_transform(self.axes.get_xaxis_transform(which=u'tick1'))
    self._set_artist_props(l)
    return l
