One of the most important things to get right when training!
along with technique, is training intensity (if you are unsure about proper technique I would recommend you invest in a trainer, even if only for a few sessions to ensure proper form, this is a wise investment in terms of results and preventing injury).
For muscles to grow they need to be challenged, so picking up a dumbbell and knocking out 20 repetitions of an exercise with a weight that you could easily complete 30 or 40 reps with won't do anything beneficial with regards to fat loss.
Also, as our aim here is to gain some muscle mass, using multiple sets of high repetitions up in the 20's and 30's won't be doing you any favors either. You need to be working more on a strength scale than an endurance one. For this, you should be looking at completing sets to form failure (the point at which you lose good technique in the exercise - NOT when you are physically unable to lift the weight any more!) anywhere in between 5 to 12 repetitions. This will be working on increasing the strength of the muscles; and muscular strength and size are closely related.
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