Image forming method and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an intermediate transfer member;
• a particle supply unit that supplies, to the intermediate transfer member, a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material and is capable of holding the recording material on a surface thereof to form a liquid receiving particle layer;
• a liquid droplet ejection unit that applies a liquid droplet of the recording liquid to the liquid receiving particle layer on the basis of image data to form an image of the recording material on a surface of the liquid receiving particle layer;
• a transfer unit that transfers the liquid receiving particle layer to which the recording liquid is applied to a transfer receiving member such that the image is interposed between the transfer receiving member and the liquid receiving particle layer;
• and
• a transfer auxiliary liquid ejection unit that applies a transfer auxiliary liquid in at least a portion of a formation range of the image.