how to make text larger code example

Example 1: text size

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{example-image-1x1}\par\vspace{1cm}
	{\scshape\LARGE Columbidae University \par}
	\vspace{1cm}
	{\scshape\Large Final year project\par}
	\vspace{1.5cm}
	{\huge\bfseries Pigeons love doves\par}
	\vspace{2cm}
	{\Large\itshape John Birdwatch\par}
	\vfill
	supervised by\par
	Dr.~Mark \textsc{Brown}

	\vfill

% Bottom of the page
	{\large \today\par}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}

Example 2: text size

{\large this text is slightly bigger than normal}, this one is not.