An image recording method comprising: applying a first ink and a second ink, each of which contains a pigment, resin particles, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water, to a recording medium, wherein critical micelle concentration c1 (mass%) of the surfactant in the water and concentration c2 (mass%) of the surfactant in each of the first and second inks satisfy a relationship of "c1×2≤c2", the surfactant is a surfactant which includes a hydrophilic group and a lipophilic group and an HLB value of which measured by Griffin method is smaller than 13, wherein the surfactant is represented by the following general formula (In the general formula, R 1 to R 4 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, each of x and y independently represents an integer of 1 to 5, and m+n represents an integer of 2 to 8) content V 1 (mass%) of the surfactant in the first ink is larger than content V 2 (mass%) of the surfactant in the second ink, and a liquid composition X', which is obtained when the surfactant is added to a liquid composition X formed of the first ink excluding the surfactant so as to have the content V 2 (mass%), and a liquid composition Y', which is obtained when the surfactant is added to a liquid composition Y formed of the second ink excluding the surfactant so as to have the content V 2 (mass%), satisfy the following condition A. [Condition A]: When an image is recorded on a recording medium for evaluation of which an absorption coefficient Ka for water is larger than 0.1 mL·m -2 ·ms -1/2 and is 0.3 mL·m -2 ·ms -1/2 or less so that a recording area X' of the liquid composition X' and a recording area Y' of the liquid composition Y' are in contact with each other, the liquid composition Y' flowing out of the recording area Y' flows to the recording area X'. applying a first ink and a second ink, each of which contains a pigment, resin particles, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water, to a recording medium, wherein critical micelle concentration c1 (mass%) of the surfactant in the water and concentration c2 (mass%) of the surfactant in each of the first and second inks satisfy a relationship of "c1×2≤c2", the surfactant is a surfactant which includes a hydrophilic group and a lipophilic group and an HLB value of which measured by Griffin method is smaller than 13, wherein the surfactant is represented by the following general formula (In the general formula, R 1 to R 4 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, each of x and y independently represents an integer of 1 to 5, and m+n represents an integer of 2 to 8) content V 1 (mass%) of the surfactant in the first ink is larger than content V 2 (mass%) of the surfactant in the second ink, and a liquid composition X', which is obtained when the surfactant is added to a liquid composition X formed of the first ink excluding the surfactant so as to have the content V 2 (mass%), and a liquid composition Y', which is obtained when the surfactant is added to a liquid composition Y formed of the second ink excluding the surfactant so as to have the content V 2 (mass%), satisfy the following condition A. [Condition A]: When an image is recorded on a recording medium for evaluation of which an absorption coefficient Ka for water is larger than 0.1 mL·m -2 ·ms -1/2 and is 0.3 mL·m -2 ·ms -1/2 or less so that a recording area X' of the liquid composition X' and a recording area Y' of the liquid composition Y' are in contact with each other, the liquid composition Y' flowing out of the recording area Y' flows to the recording area X'.