Image forming method

An image forming method comprising:

• forming an image using a recording medium, an ink composition and a liquid composition,
• wherein the recording medium comprises a base paper, a first layer containing a binder, and a second layer containing a white pigment, the first layer and second layer being laid in this order on the base paper, and
• wherein the base paper on which the first layer has been formed has a Cobb-water absorption degree of 5.0 g/m2 or less as measured according to the water absorption test stipulated in JIS P8140 with water being in contact with the first layer formed on the base paper for 15 sec, the base paper on which the first layer and the second layer have been formed has a water absorption amount of 2 mL/m2 to 8 mL/m2 as measured by the Bristow method with water being in contact with the second layer formed on the first layer and the base paper for 0.5 sec, the ink composition contains a pigment and water, and the liquid composition contains any one of a polyvalent metal salt and a cationic polymer.